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I'm sure you've heard enough of this garbage. Blah, global warming, that one thing you learned in school and keep hearing from time to time. Ask yourself, how many times have you taken it seriously? Probably not many. NASA says the current trend of climate change is significant to note because it is the fastest rate of C02 (carbon di-oxide) emission rate in the last 1300 years. That's a lot of years. Fortunately for us, in the 21st century we have these amazing things called satellites, ever heard of them? Probably not. You guys most likely spend your time doing weird things like paying your bills and breathing oxygen. Boring life. No, but seriously, advanced satellite technologies have allowed us to analyse earth like never before. We have satellite data from the last 20-30 years that has made us much more capable of understanding and dealing with the situation. NASA says, "The heat-trapping nature of carbon dioxide and other gases was demonstrated in the ...

If you've been following the Olympics, you probably know it's not been a great year for India. At the time of writing this post, we've won only two medals, a silver and bronze, respectively. In fact, looking at the numbers, this is India's largest contingent of athletes being sent to the Olympics. From athletes being offered only peanuts for food to Indian politicians strolling around on Rio's beaches, it's been a tough and disappointing year. Antics like Vijay Goel's social media blunders, which include mixing up athlete's names, photos and misspelling star athletes' names are just few of the things going wrong this year. Meanwhile, a nine-member team representing the state of Haryana arrived in Rio “to encourage the Haryana players.” However, the group, led by the state sports minister Anil Vij, has been noticeably absent at key events—even those involving their state’s athletes. Instead they were found sight-seeing and frolicking on Rio’s ...

Around this time, last year, I bought my first telescope. It was a fascination that was brewing inside me for quite a while before I dived into actually ordering it. If you've been keeping up with this blog from the beginning you can probably infer that I love space. I've often shared many images that I've taken and other people's work too, and they have always elicited the reaction 'I would love to come over and see that on a telescope!'. I've been writing space blogs and articles for a while, long before this blog existed, too. As much as I try to sell Astronomy as a hobby to others, I hope that one day I'll have a group of people to go stargazing with! Well, if you've been trying to get into astronomy, this blog should help you out with the basics. Too many newcomers to astronomy get lost in dead ends and quit in frustration. It shouldn't be that way. Perseid Meteor Shower that happened on the weekend of 13-14th August 2016 ...

Every second you spend on the Internet, you're actively involved in painting a digital picture of yourself. This portrait helps companies target content at specific markets and consumers, helps employers look into your background, and helps advertisers track your movements across multiple websites. Whatever you do online, you might be leaving digital footprints behind. ( http://www.internetsociety.org/your-digital-footprint-matters ) In short, your digital footprint is everything you do online. Social media activity, app usage, email records. Watching videos, visiting adult sites, using certain plugins, everything goes into this piece of art. Whether you like it or not, everything you do on the web can be tracked. A lot of people seem to think that using incognito features on browsers or routers does any good. It might hide data locally (on your system) but it does nothing to completely hide your presence on the web. A diagram of how your internet works The abov...