Najifa Alam Torsa

The universe is enormous, beautiful, and very mysterious and full of questions that are yet to be answered by science. There are things about the real world that simply cannot be understood by means of powerful telescopes and excellent theories. These puzzles are referred to as puzzles that contradict logic and observation. We will be discussing five interesting paradoxes that still puzzle our concept of the universe. Why Is the Night Sky Dark? Why does the universe appear to have stars, and...

For this issue’s interview, we are honored to have Dr. Rashed Chowdhury, Applications Scientist - Water, Climate, and Society. Dr. Rashed Chowdhury is a climate scientist and research faculty member at Arizona State University (USA) who works at the intersection of water, climate, and society. His research is driven by a strong interest in applying climate science to real-world challenges. He is a 2021 U.S. Fulbright Teaching Scholar and a postdoctoral researcher at the International...

Figure: Tohoku Earthquake of Japan Earth holds the record of all violent things it has gone through. Disasters do not occur in a normally tranquil planet; rather, they are geologic chapters. Valleys are raised by earthquakes, islands are formed by volcanoes, shorelines are redrawn by tsunamis, and mountainsides are cut along landslides. These abrupt breaks, which have been piled up over millions of years, are what have formed the landscapes that we recognize nowadays. Learning to appreciate...