Science

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Nonstop from Alaska to Hawaii: Pacific Golden Plovers and Their Miraculous Journey across the Ocean

01 January 2020 | Salih Ergun | Issue 133 (Jan - Feb 2020)

Many animals would tell us fascinating stories about their behaviors and marvelous abilities if only we could understand their language. As a result…

Cryptochrome: The Compass of Animals

01 January 2020 | Numan Erciyes | Issue 133 (Jan - Feb 2020)

Animals such as butterflies, turtles, and birds are given the ability to perceive the Earth’s magnetic field and navigate themselves accordingly. Mig…

Trypanosomes: Creatures with One Thousand and One Sheaths

01 January 2020 | Didem Firtina | Issue 133 (Jan - Feb 2020)

If you heard that a very destructive creature was in your village, what would you expect this creature to look like? Perhaps a ferocious cat, or a co…

Metabolic Syndrome: A Major Health Problem of Our Civilization

01 January 2020 | Sinem Akbulak | Issue 133 (Jan - Feb 2020)

Life is in the center of existence, and food is in the center of life. All living things are in pursuit of their sustenance to continue their lives…

Mother’s Milk: An Essential Gold Standard for Our Babies

01 November 2019 | Sinem Akbulak | Issue 132 (Nov - Dec 2019)

To this day, natural breast milk is still regarded as the best nutritional choice for babies. Recent research on stem cells, genetics, and epigenetic…

Stages of Sleep

01 November 2019 | Omer Yildiz | Issue 132 (Nov - Dec 2019)

Experiments have proved lack of sleep as a cause of death. Lab mice that are deprived of sleep for three to four consecutive days eventually die. Lac…

Sea Snail’s Teeth: Are They the Strongest Biomaterials in the World?

01 November 2019 | Rumeysa Eren | Issue 132 (Nov - Dec 2019)

The teeth of a tiny mollusk (Patella vulgata), which is a species of sea snails, have been found to be some of the strongest biomaterials in the worl…

A Mathematical Journey of Thinking

01 November 2019 | Ali Kaya | Issue 132 (Nov - Dec 2019)

The single biggest problem regarding mathematics and the sciences is motivating younger students to study them. While the United States excels at we…

Let There Be Light!: Bioluminescence in Marine Life

01 November 2019 | Didem Fırtına | Issue 132 (Nov - Dec 2019)

His exalted name, “Light,” touches the darkness and everywhere is filled with light. The letters written from a brilliant world are revealed to the…

Dental Care with Miswak

21 October 2019 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 131 (Sep - Oct 2019)

We all may appreciate the difference between the positive impact made by a smile of pearly-white teeth and the repulsion triggered by yellowed and bl…

Spider Silks

21 October 2019 | Ibrahim B. Syed | Issue 131 (Sep - Oct 2019)

The parable of those who take to them other than God for guardians (to entrust their affairs to) is like a spider: it has made for itself a house…

The Hummingbird: Small in Size, Great in Art

21 October 2019 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 131 (Sep - Oct 2019)

Research on hummingbirds (also known as nectar birds or Colibris), the smallest of the 9,800 bird species living today, has revealed remarkable facts…

Everything About Pi

21 October 2019 | Ali Kaya | Issue 131 (Sep - Oct 2019)

It was finally the weekend! After my long mathematics presentation, I came home to watch my favorite tv show, Person of Interest, to de-stress. Surpr…

Our Skin and Protection from the Sun

01 July 2019 | Fatma Gunduz | Issue 130 (July - Aug 2019)

Enveloping our body like a piece of clothing, our skin is a miraculous organ that both forms a barrier against potential invaders and plays a crucial…

The Nose and the Miraculous Ability to Smell

01 July 2019 | Guner Oz | Issue 130 (July - Aug 2019)

Aromatherapy involved inhaling pleasant smells and is a non-medicinal form of treatment for various psychological disorders. A nice smell triggers ho…

Mass Trauma, PTSD, and Treatment Options

01 July 2019 | Furkan Tekin | Issue 130 (July - Aug 2019)

Nooriye is a 39-year-old Iraqi female. She had a pretty normal life until a group of terrorists knocked on her door. Her two sons were killed in fron…

Science Square (Issue 129)

01 May 2019 | The Fountain | Issue 129 (May - Jun 2019)

Artificial photosynthesis transforms CO2 into liquefiable fuels Yu and Jain. Plasmonic photosynthesis of C1–C3 hydrocarbons from carbon dioxide assi…

Moringa: A Source of Healing

01 May 2019 | Omer Yildiz | Issue 129 (May - Jun 2019)

Being a native Indian tree, the Moringa also grows in tropical countries, such as Nigeria. Although its leaves have long been eaten or brewed for hea…

Frequency of Meals and the Example of the Prophet

01 May 2019 | Sinem Akbulak | Issue 129 (May - Jun 2019)

It is widely accepted in modern culture that people should eat three meals: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Nutritionists generally recommend adding tw…

Fasting and Cleaning

01 May 2019 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 129 (May - Jun 2019)

There are many ongoing studies into fasting, a practice prescribed across many religions. Increasingly, there is evidence to support that intermitten…

Metaphysics of Mental Health

01 May 2019 | Asli Uzun | Issue 129 (May - Jun 2019)

Over time, the pressures that accumulate from our commitments and responsibilities can affect our mental health. Through prolonged periods of stress…

Science Square (Issue 127)

26 March 2019 | The Fountain | Issue 127 (Jan - Feb 2019)

A new Artificial Intelligence (AI) approach to translate brain waves into speech Akbari et al. Towards reconstructing intelligible speech from the h…

The Mathematical Beauty of Snowflakes

26 March 2019 | Ali Kaya | Issue 127 (Jan - Feb 2019)

“There was a footpath leading across the fields to New Southgate, and I used to go there alone to watch the sunset and contemplate suicide. I did n…

Timing of Medication

26 March 2019 | Atif Yorulmaz | Issue 127 (Jan - Feb 2019)

We are all aware of the fact that there is certain rhythm and order in the movement of the sun and the earth, as well as other planets along their pr…

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)

26 March 2019 | Dr. Ibrahim B. Syed | Issue 127 (Jan - Feb 2019)

Alzheimer’s disease is “an irreversible, progressive brain disease that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills, eventually even the ability to ca…

Fire on the Mountain

01 March 2019 | Ceyda Sablak | Issue 128 (Mar - Apr 2019)

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a terminal illness of the nervous system, resulting in the degeneration of neurons. When the motor neurons in…

The Brain in the Intestine and Pets in Our Body

01 March 2019 | Numan Erciyes | Issue 128 (Mar - Apr 2019)

We eat, sleep, and go to the bathroom. Yet, we never think about how all these physical needs are processed in the systems of our body when they are…

Chlorination of Water

01 March 2019 | Yasemin Bakar | Issue 128 (Mar - Apr 2019)

For nearly a century, chlorine has been used to disinfect drinking water. The use of chlorine in water started when John Snow used to purify the chol…

Orexin: The Miraculous Secretion from the Brain

28 February 2019 | Omer Yildiz | Issue 128 (Mar - Apr 2019)

Fear of obesity may sometimes lead people to an extreme diet, and this may cause a deadly disease: anorexia nervosa. The sufferer initially tries to…

Tumor Suppressing Mechanisms and Cancer

28 February 2019 | Aysenur Demir | Issue 128 (Mar - Apr 2019)

It is estimated that there are approximately 100 trillion cells in the human body. They fulfill their duties harmoniously with all the systems, organ…

The Mathematical Patterns around Us

28 February 2019 | Ali Kaya | Issue 128 (Mar - Apr 2019)

“How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which is independent of experience, is so admirably appropriate to the…

Science Square (Issue 126)

06 January 2019 | The Fountain | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

Biggest extinction in Earth’s history caused by global warming—and how it could happen again Penn JL et al. Temperature-dependent hypoxia explains b…

Aromatherapy and Unani Medicine (Greco-Arabic Medicine): Scope and Application

06 January 2019 | Ghazala Mulla, Sufyan Ahmed Ghawte, Ajma K.T. | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

Every essential oil gets its uniqueness not just due to one of its components but because of its delicate and complex admixture. The individual per…

Sleep Wellness: What to Do for It?

06 January 2019 | Omer Serranur | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

Sleep is a period of renewal that prepares us for the new day and enables our brain and body to perform duties that they cannot while awake. Gro…

A Letter from Radon

06 January 2019 | Seth Mette | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

Radon is one of the noble gases in the periodic table. It is the heaviest, naturally occurring one among them. Due to its size, it is the most like…

How Do Animals Survive?

06 January 2019 | Numan Erciyes | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

We live in a magnificent world inhabited by approximately 8,700,000 species. This number includes only general species, not subspecies. Scientists di…

Embryonic Stem Cells: What Do They Hold in Store?

06 January 2019 | Atif Yorulmaz | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

Embryonic stem cells are cells in the early stages of embryonic development when a fertilized egg cell is divided first into two cells and then int…

Retina: the Mind-Boggler

06 January 2019 | Omer Serranur | Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)

The eye is a miracle as it is. Even though we have a rough understanding of its basic anatomy, we are confronted with a much more complex miracle whe…

Beyond the Rainbow

01 January 2019 | Ali Kaya | Issue 127 (Jan - Feb 2019)

Have you ever seen a rainbow? Until recently, I had looked at many rainbows, but had never truly seen a rainbow. In his writings on faith and logic…

Retina the Mind Boggler-2

01 January 2019 | Omer Serranur | Issue 127 (Jan - Feb 2019)

In our previous article where we discussed the mind-boggling complexity of our eyes’ retinas. We learned about the ten separate layers of cells, but…

A Miraculous Molecule: Hemoglobin

15 October 2018 | Omer Yildiz | Issue 125 (Sep - Oct 2018)

Do you know what hemoglobin does? You should, because it has been perfectly created to keep you alive! Hemoglobin is one of the miraculous molec…

Kidneys: What Are Our Responsibilities?

15 October 2018 | Osman Arslan | Issue 125 (Sep - Oct 2018)

Every organ in the human body has vital functions. The kidneys play fundamental roles in maintaining human health. One of the most important functio…

The Honeybee

15 October 2018 | Dr. Ibrahim B. Syed | Issue 125 (Sep - Oct 2018)

The three monotheistic religions Judaism, Christianity, and Islam extensively mention bees and honey in their scriptures. For instance, Chapter 16 of…

Alzheimer’s: Causes and How to Prevent It

15 October 2018 | Atif Yorulmaz | Issue 125 (Sep - Oct 2018)

As human life expectancy has grown longer, it has led to the emergence of disease that were once quite rare. One of these is Alzheimer’s. At the begi…

Virtual Reality as a Learning Tool in Modern Education

13 September 2018 | Ulan Dakeev, Mariee Cruz Mendoza | Issue 124 (July - Aug 2018)

A group of friends are out in the city, shopping. While they are walking down a crowded sidewalk, they hear a siren. That siren is a warning of an at…

Photosystem II: Can It Be Applied in Hydrocar Technology?

13 September 2018 | Ceyda Sablak | Issue 124 (July - Aug 2018)

For hundreds of years, people believed that the sun rotated around the Earth. Similarly, people have misbelieved that the reason for photosynthesis w…

Honey: The First Wound Healing Agent in Human History

12 September 2018 | Ferhat Ozturk | Issue 124 (July - Aug 2018)

Hay and Su had been hungry for almost a week. Spring was in full bloom, and birds were chirping. Living in a cave was safer and warmer than outside…

Honey As A Therapeutic Agent

08 July 2018 | Ferhat Ozturk | Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

In 67 BCE, the magnificent Roman army, which was led by Pompey the Great, marched through the green mountains and blue shores of the Black Sea, chasi…

The Customized Temperature Regulator

08 July 2018 | Numan Erciyes | Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

Thermostats are devices that keep temperature at the desired level. They are used in refrigerators, dishwashers, electric ovens, water heaters, washi…

Prime Numbers

08 July 2018 | Ali Kaya | Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

My favorite number is 7. It’s a beautiful number and, most importantly, it is a prime number. I emphasize it being prime because I am fascinated by p…

Insects at the Extremes

08 July 2018 | Atif Yorulmaz | Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

We classify each living thing by the different and similar features they possess. Through such classifications, we understand that all things are cre…

The Lymphatic System

08 July 2018 | Omer Yildiz | Issue 123 (May - June 2018)

The word vessel generally makes one think of blood vessels, and the word blood brings to mind the color red. Yet there exists another system of vesse…

Future of Innovation: Ideas and Trends

31 December 2017 | Horatio I. Davis | Issue 121 (January - February 2018)

When we watch science fiction movies, and see all the incredible, futuristic technologies on the screen, many of us wonder when these technologies wi…

Who Taught Science to Dolphins?

31 December 2017 | Yakup Kagan | Issue 121 (January - February 2018)

Teaching science is sometimes a challenge, and teachers need to find ways to draw kids’ attention. Young children are naturally interested in the beh…

The Thorny Devil: A Lizard with Unusual Physical Features

31 December 2017 | Rumeysa Yazar | Issue 121 (January - February 2018)

Australia is an extraordinary part of the earth, with its scorching sand mountains that stretch across barren plains, rock columns each unique and am…

The Heart and the Miraculous Blood Flow in Our Body

31 August 2017 | Omer Serranur | Issue 119 (September - October 2017)

One of my patients came one day with her daughter and complained about her being too weak to do anything. The child looked very thin. After our check…

Animals That Sense Earthquakes

31 August 2017 | Atif Yorulmaz | Issue 119 (September - October 2017)

Certain phenomena can be known after deliberation, as they occur within the limits of our current knowledge. Other phenomena may be known eventually…

How Do Ants Find Their Way?

31 August 2017 | Fatih Bera Aslan | Issue 119 (September - October 2017)

Imagine you are a desert ant. You get out of your nest to search for food in the white sands of Tunisia. You don't know where to find food and thus p…

The Last Elements And The Building Blocks Of The Physical World

30 June 2017 | Noah Weaver | Issue 118 (July - August 2017)

The announcement of the discovery of the last four elements of the periodic table, at the International Association of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IU…

The Vital Tasks of Trace Elements

30 June 2017 | Noah Weaver | Issue 118 (July - August 2017)

Most living things, including the human body, are made up of only 11 elements. We know the major elements, like hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon, but w…

Protecting Our Privacy – or what is left of it

30 June 2017 | Veli Keskin | Issue 118 (July - August 2017)

Do we have to give up our privacy for better security? This has long been debated on Capitol Hill [1]. The discussion stems from the mass surveillanc…

Invisibility Cloaks - Now You See Me, Now You Don't

30 April 2017 | Horatio I. Davis | Blog

With advancements in science and technology, we are getting closer to the famous quote from science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, where “a…

Tooth Development: The Remarkable Timing of Events, Molecular and Cellular Interactions

28 February 2017 | Masud Mahmud Bhaila | Issue 116 (March - April 2017)

At around five weeks of development, two U-shaped areas of bands of cells form in the human embryo’s developing mouth. These primary epithelial bands…

Giant Storms: A Mark of Magnificence in the Heavens

28 February 2017 | Kadir Firtina | Issue 116 (March - April 2017)

When taking a quick glance at the planets in our solar system you might be surprised to discover what rages beneath seemingly calm surfaces. Just as…

Small Molecule Drugs - To Fight Cancer, Heart Failure, etc.

31 December 2016 | Ali Fethi Toprak | Issue 115 (January-February 2017)

In the pharmacology, a small molecule is described as a low molecular organic compound showing high binding affinity to targets of interest such as…

The Universe A Short History

31 December 2016 | Civan Ozturk | Issue 115 (January-February 2017)

Has the universe existed forever? And how much do we really know about it? Only 4-5 percent of the universe is made up of what we can see today: st…

Technological Singularity The Digital Rapture

31 December 2016 | Yavuz Demirci | Issue 115 (January-February 2017)

Singularity describes the merging of human and computer intelligence and the rise of super-intelligence as a result. Proponents of the idea of singu…

QUINOA An Alternative Grain

31 December 2016 | Adam Nelson | Issue 115 (January-February 2017)

Quinoa, unknown in many countries, is an easy-to-digest, nutritious grain which contains the same amount of protein as meat and a greater amount of…

Archimedes Universe

31 October 2016 | Adeel M. Khan | Issue 114 (November - December 2016)

Staring upwards at the vast night sky, which is riddled with stars, have you ever wondered just how many stars are up there? And more fundamentally…

The Future of Staying Connected

31 October 2016 | Mubina Muftic | Issue 114 (November - December 2016)

The Web turned 20 in 2011 (the first web page was launched on August 6, 1991). Today, there are 644, 275,754 web pages, according to Netcraft.com, an…

When Our Brain Asks for Help Remembering

31 October 2016 | Geffrey Olsen | Issue 114 (November - December 2016)

The first time you rode your bicycle, the first day of the school, or the time you ran into an old friend: all these may still be fresh in your memor…

Our 3D Printed Future: From Electronics to Living Organs

31 August 2016 | Halil I. Demir | Issue 113 (September - October 2016)

The emergence of 3D printing promises to revolutionize how things are designed, produced, and distributed. And although these changes present real op…

Nanotechnology in Issus Coleoptratus

31 August 2016 | Victor Putnam | Issue 113 (September - October 2016)

Long before human beings started using them in machinery, gear systems that worked through mechanical interaction existed in the morphology of many l…

Gecko The Physicist

30 April 2016 | Ahmet Eren | Issue 111 (May - June 2016)

They can resist gravity and easily hang upside down on flat ceilings. They are geckos, extraordinary lizards that have been perfectly created for the…

Should We Fear a Magnetic Pole Shift?

30 April 2016 | Serif Dogru | Issue 111 (May - June 2016)

The Earth currently rotates in a counter-clockwise direction. This rotation, along with movement of iron particles inside the Earth’s molten core, ge…

Gastro Intestinal Flora and Our Health

30 April 2016 | Adam Allison | Issue 111 (May - June 2016)

The systems of the human body are created with a staggering degree of perfection. The body has approximately 1013 cells at any given time, and these…

How Many Supercomputers Would Fit Inside Your Brain?

30 April 2016 | Fatih Bera | Issue 111 (May - June 2016)

The complexity and potential of the human brain are astonishing. The brain is capable of performing millions of complex formulations in milliseconds…

Quasars and Our Location in the Universe

29 February 2016 | H. Huseyin Erdem | Issue 110 (March - April 2016)

Imagine you are in a place where everything around you is moving. If somebody asks you to locate yourself, how would you define your position? This w…

Like Dissolves Like

31 December 2015 | F. Nurcihan Can | Issue 109 (January -February 2016)

Can you imagine a cup of coffee, sugarless at the top but intensely sweet at the bottom? Likewise, imagine a bowl of soup without salt at the top but…

Science and Religion in a World of Religious Pluralism

31 December 2015 | Philip Clayton | Issue 109 (January -February 2016)

We live in a time of deep division: Will the coming years reveal an increasing number of partnerships between science and religion, or will we see a…

The Fallacy of Vestigial Organs: Outer Ear Muscles

31 December 2015 | Arslan Mayda | Issue 109 (January -February 2016)

The outer ear (auricula) is an oval structure, its wide part facing upwards. When we look at the auricula, we think that it is only composed of skin…

The Intricate Beauty of the Nervous System

31 December 2015 | Brian Turk | Issue 109 (January -February 2016)

The human body is comprised of many systems, but none quite like the nervous system. This enigmatic system runs throughout the whole body, accomplish…

The Design of the Vascular Tissue in Plants

31 October 2015 | Ali Erkan Uguz | Issue 108 (November - December 2015)

Just as humans have blood vessels under their skin, leaves also have vessels. These vessels transport water and various nutrients around through the…

An Organism Which Doesn’t Burn or Freeze

31 October 2015 | Ibrahim Ugurlu | Issue 108 (November - December 2015)

The land, freshwater lakes and rivers, and seas are adorned with all types of organisms. Up until now, only 2.5 million species have been identified…

The Impeccable Digestive Tract

31 August 2015 | Brian Turk | Issue 107 (September - October 2015)

Almost every single system in the human body works without rest, even during sleep. The mechanism is set, the gears are in place, and all the compone…

There Is News From Space!

31 August 2015 | Nuh Ozdin | Issue 107 (September - October 2015)

67P is a comet located around 500 billion kilometers away from the Earth. Discovered in 1969 and named after its discoverers Churyumov-Gerasimenko, 6…

Mathematics: On the Path to Wisdom

31 August 2015 | Asim Guvenalp | Issue 107 (September - October 2015)

Throughout history, mathematics has meant different things to different people. According to the sixteenth century scientist and philosopher, Galileo…

Immunological Memory

31 August 2015 | Omer Arifagaoglu | Issue 107 (September - October 2015)

When we hear the word "memory," brain cells generally come to mind. However, our lymph cells, which are generated from the immune system, also posses…

A History of Sufism for Western Readers

31 August 2015 | Sait Yavuz | Issue 107 (September - October 2015)

Among the general Western public, Sufism has often been confused with the mystical traditions of the Far East, and thus considered an independent rel…

What Waits in the Future?

30 June 2015 | Kemal Serce | Issue 106 (July - August 2015)

Scientific advances have gained major momentum in the last century; many of the things seen in science-fiction movies in the past have become ordinar…

The Precise Numbers of the Universe

30 June 2015 | Betul Gul | Issue 106 (July - August 2015)

In a 2014 article for The Conversation, Prof. Jonathan Borwein, from Newcastle University, and Dr. David H. Bailey, from the University of California…

The Neurobiology of Imitation

30 June 2015 | Hamza Aydin | Issue 106 (July - August 2015)

There are approximately 100 billion nerve cells (neurons) in the brain of an adult person. Each nerve cell is created with a capacity to establish ar…

The Uncertainties of Energy Supplies

30 June 2015 | Omer Said Gonullu | Issue 106 (July - August 2015)

What are the main reasons for the energy shortage we are facing today? Is this problem due to the extreme population growth, more people living in ci…

The Perfect Conditions for Oxygen

30 June 2015 | Nuh Ozdin | Issue 106 (July - August 2015)

Close your mouth and nose tightly. See how long you can stay like this without breathing. It is two to three minutes at most, isn't it? Or, imagine b…

The Impeccable Sanitation of the Blood

30 April 2015 | Brian Turk | Issue 105 (May - June 2015)

Think of a marvelous machine that consists of pipes, pumps, processors, and plugs. This machine grinds and grates, pumps and pours, moves and maneuve…

Causality in Science and Religion

30 April 2015 | Yusuf Malik | Issue 105 (May - June 2015)

One of the most appealing questions in the history of science is if science and religion can be reconciled. Since religion and science both present c…

The Key-Lock System in Fertilization

30 April 2015 | Hamza Aydin | Issue 105 (May - June 2015)

Living things are equipped with sexual and asexual reproduction systems to enable life to continue. Sexual reproduction requires the presence of two…

The World of Cats

30 April 2015 | Ibrahim Ugurlu | Issue 105 (May - June 2015)

Cats have lived with humans since ancient times. They are one of the most friendly, playful, cute residents of our houses. These creatures claim corn…

Humans and Metallic Materials

30 April 2015 | Mustafa Akdag | Issue 105 (May - June 2015)

If we study the way metals are structured and processed, lessons can be drawn about how human’s function, too. One just has to look closely enough…

Fuel Cells

30 April 2015 | Ismail Eren | Issue 105 (May - June 2015)

Today, humans get most of their energy from fossil fuels. We know this rate of consumption isn’t sustainable. Will fuel cells be the primary ener…

Planets With Two Stars

28 February 2015 | Ihsan Kose | Issue 104 (March - April 2015)

Our sun is a single star system, but using new technology, scientists are discovering double – and even triple! – star systems The planets of th…

The Artistry in the Oral Cavity

28 February 2015 | Suleyman Kultigin | Issue 104 (March - April 2015)

The oral cavity is one of the many systems that is perfectly designed while a fetus develops in a mother’s womb The first event that takes place…

Insulin and Blood Sugar Balance

28 February 2015 | Hamza Mert | Issue 104 (March - April 2015)

Our body is perfectly coordinated to regulate our blood sugar level. But when our insulin levels are artificially altered, serious diseases can occ…

Is Freezing By Heating Possible?

28 February 2015 | Ihsan Kose | Issue 104 (March - April 2015)

Are cities the same as water? It’s possible to look at chemistry for new understandings of social dynamics. The universe is a field where existe…

The Veils of Existence

28 February 2015 | Kemal Serce | Issue 104 (March - April 2015)

As science develops further, the “veils” of the universe are lifted and humanity can explore realms beyond which our senses would normally allow…

How Is Vision Possible in Total Darkness?

28 February 2015 | Emin Senoglu | Issue 104 (March - April 2015)

How can animals in the wild hunt during the night as if it were day? A remarkable biological feature acts as a pair of “natural” night vision goggl…

The Revolving Universe

31 December 2014 | Nuri Balta | Issue 103 (January - February 2015)

What is velocity, one of the major concepts we learn in physics? What place does it occupy in our lives? Where is mankind in the universe in terms of…

What Is Missing in Science Education?

31 December 2014 | Seth Mette | Issue 103 (January - February 2015)

Nowadays, despite the increasing amount of knowledge and the means to access it, younger generations are less and less passionate about the sciences…

Nuclear Radiation and Misfits of the Standard Model: Neutrinos

31 December 2014 | Cihan Kara | Issue 103 (January - February 2015)

It would seem nowadays as though the general public's knowledge of nuclear radiation is derived less from science and more from science fiction. The…

I Do Not Kill Flies!

31 December 2014 | Muhammed Emin | Issue 103 (January - February 2015)

The flies are surely "acrobatic flight masters." They can detect the necessary angle of lift-off depending on the strength and direction of the wind…

Standing against Radicalism: The Example of Abu Hanifa

31 December 2014 | Muhit Mert | Issue 103 (January - February 2015)

Radicalism is a destructive force that threatens bonds within a society. It violates social order, for those who adopt radicalism assume their views…

When Concrete Meets Steel

31 December 2014 | Ahmet D. Bahadir | Issue 103 (January - February 2015)

A secure residence is one of the basic human necessities. The need for housing has been satisfied via various structures in conjunction with science…

Orphan Care Adoption and Kafala

31 December 2014 | Emily Secen | Issue 103 (January - February 2015)

The need for orphans to receive adequate and comprehensive care is universal; it is present in every culture and religious group. It is a need that c…

Renewable Energy via Fuel Cells

31 December 2014 | Bahar Cetin | Issue 103 (January - February 2015)

For decades, converting primary energy sources into useful forms of energy has been of great interest to governments, private businesses, and academi…

Occupying Our Human Rights

31 December 2014 | June Dayle Jelm | Issue 103 (January - February 2015)

Four of the world's greatest religions – Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, and Judaism – open their stories of man and the world by acknowledging that h…

Quantum Dots Tradition vs. Future!

31 December 2014 | Ali Oguz Er | Issue 103 (January - February 2015)

Nanotechnology has become one of the most intensely studied areas of research in material science over past few decades and is a rapidly growing fiel…

Scent Transportation Emerging technologies may change the way we smell - yes, smell - new modes of communication.

31 December 2014 | Bekir Karlik | Issue 103 (January - February 2015)

What would it be like if, while watching a cooking show, waves of tasty aroma wafting from our television made it possible for us to smell the food b…

Brittlestars: Fabricating Microlenses with Perfect Geometry

31 October 2014 | A. Ali Eren | Issue 102 (November - December 2014)

The unity underlying nature manifests itself in many different forms. Sometimes various "things" work towards accomplishing only one task while somet…

The Minimum Work Principle in the Universe

31 October 2014 | Ihsan Kose | Issue 102 (November - December 2014)

Gravity is usually accepted as the reason behind the fall of every object we drop. Physicists, however, associate this fall with the trend of an obje…

Bipolar Equation

31 October 2014 | Seth Mette | Issue 102 (November - December 2014)

Hello. My name is Bernoulli. Bernoulli Equation, to be more precise. One of the best established and most beautiful equations in the history of scien…

Enriched by Exceptions: D-Amino acids

31 August 2014 | Hamza Aydin | Issue 101 (September - October 2014)

When we browse through molecules - the building blocks of the universe - and their utilization in organisms, we observe a preference or a trend towar…

More than a Glow: The Firefly

31 August 2014 | Safiye Arslan | Issue 101 (September - October 2014)

"One night, a very lonely firefly goes off in search of friends. Each time he sees a flicker of light he flies off toward it, but none of them turn o…

Recycling in Soil

31 August 2014 | H. Arif Ustaoglu | Issue 101 (September - October 2014)

All organisms in nature start to decompose once they fall dead to the ground. As a result of decomposition and change, some portion of the materials…

Separation

31 August 2014 | Seth Mette | Issue 101 (September - October 2014)

"I am an aerodynamicist. I ask myself, by subscribing to aerodynamicism and providing mechanical explanations devoid of conscience, am I committing…

Power of Imagination and Science

31 August 2014 | Furkan Demir | Issue 101 (September - October 2014)

Love for knowledge and perseverance are necessary for scientific success, but not always enough. A scientist should also be full of imagination, exci…

Smartphones and the Future of Communication

31 August 2014 | Halil I. Demir | Issue 101 (September - October 2014)

Although it has been two decades since the first introduction of smartphones, the true meaning of the smartphone changed with the introduction of the…

Micro-regulators of Life

30 June 2014 | Ali Fethi Toprak | Issue 100 (July - August 2014)

The inventory of the universe is composed of matter, which is located in stars and galaxies. Only a small fraction of the universe is considered ordi…

The Bricks of Mind and Culture: Memes

30 June 2014 | Hamza Aydin | Issue 100 (July - August 2014)

Humanity exists, sustains itself, and builds civilizations upon a heritage, and genes and memes, which are altered and conserved for generations, con…

Major Task for a Tiny Fiber

30 June 2014 | Kadir Can | Issue 100 (July - August 2014)

My name is fibrillin, also known as FBN. I am a protein whose synthesis starts while you are still in your mother's womb. I was discovered in 1986. I…

The Language of Leaves

30 June 2014 | Kemal Serce | Issue 100 (July - August 2014)

The universe is a system with many secrets that are not yet understood. This perfect system is established of interwoven smaller systems, each one se…

Consanguineous Marriages Perspectives from Social Taboos, Religion, and Science

30 April 2014 | Mesut Erzurumluoglu | Issue 99 (May - June 2014)

There is a great deal of suspicion about consanguineous unions in the world. Whether this suspicion relies on health issues or not, we still have to…

Electricity in the Heart

30 April 2014 | Furkan Osmanoglu | Issue 99 (May - June 2014)

Our heart is like a pump that never rests. The distribution of the dirty blood to the lungs and clean blood all through the body is organized by a sy…

How Is Nature Being Cleaned?

30 April 2014 | Gokhan Halikan | Issue 99 (May - June 2014)

After a long, busy, and exhausting year, he wanted to take a rest in his summer house, which lies under a mountain opposite a nice, blue lake. He des…

Light Photography

30 April 2014 | Mesut Mizrak | Issue 99 (May - June 2014)

To be able to see we are in need of two blessings granted to us: the eye and light. We aren't the only creatures who thrive on light; plants are also…

Prefrontal Cortex and Its Connection to Human Spirituality

28 February 2014 | Omer Arifagaoglu | Issue 98 (March - April 2014)

The body-self and spirit of a person generate a dynamic and complex system in which they are in constant communication with one another. The brain is…

Hot, But Can't Do Without: The wisdom behind the hotness of peppers

28 February 2014 | Ali Fethi Toprak | Issue 98 (March - April 2014)

Like all omnivorous foods, peppers - both hot and sweet - have been created in unique, wise ways to make them appealing to eat and to help reproduc…

Surface Tension and Life

31 December 2013 | Selim Selimoglu | Issue 97 (January - February 2014)

Do you know how a steel blade can float on the water? Or how can some insects stride on a pond? How do your contact lenses stay in position on your e…

The Human Skin and Its Web of Vessels

31 December 2013 | Omer Arifagaoglu | Issue 97 (January - February 2014)

We tend to overlook our skin, but it performs many vital functions for our bodies – including coming to our rescue in emergencies. Since it is d…

Human Cognition, the Final Frontier

31 December 2013 | Adem G. Aydin | Issue 97 (January - February 2014)

Despite advances in technology, computers still can’t come close to the power of the world’s most remarkable computer – the human brain. Computi…

The Philosophy of Science

31 October 2013 | Eren Tatari - Yamina Mermer | Issue 96 (November - December 2013)

Science deals with descriptions of phenomena;, it does not deal with the explanation of matters beyond. Explanation is the realm of metaphysics and i…

Recyling Cellular Trash: A Micro-level Fasting Phenomenon

31 October 2013 | Abdullah Acar | Issue 96 (November - December 2013)

Recycling in the cell (autophagy) is important to generate energy and to produce new cellular units. What is interesting, though, is that autophagy i…

One Step, A Thousand Operations

31 October 2013 | Kemal Serce | Issue 96 (November - December 2013)

How good are we aware of the operations of systems and mechanisms that make us walk? Costly research and development efforts are under way in ce…

The Quest for a Habitable Planet

31 October 2013 | Murad Nebiyev | Issue 96 (November - December 2013)

A planet outside the solar system was first discovered in 1995. As of 2013, the number of planets outside our solar system has reached more than 850…

Miraculous Migration of Monarch Butterflies

31 October 2013 | Pinar Celik | Issue 96 (November - December 2013)

Many birds, such as white storks and swallows, have been known to migrate, each year, from one region of the earth to another. Aside from birds, ther…

Little-Known Rare-Earth Elements

31 October 2013 | Kadir Can - Mehmet Ramazanoglu | Issue 96 (November - December 2013)

Will there be wars over elements like there have been over petroleum and water? What element have we been using in color televisions? What substanc…

Are Genes the Source of Behavioral Disorders?

31 August 2013 | Cezmi Aydin | Issue 95 (September - October 2013)

We learn about a new gene everyday that is specifically associated with a certain human behavior or that causes a certain physical situation. One gen…

Escherichia Coli: Good or Bad?

31 August 2013 | Melissa McPen | Issue 95 (September - October 2013)

“For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so,” Shakespeare once wrote in his famous play, ‘Hamlet.’ The philosophical questions…

Defining the Universe with Mathematics

31 August 2013 | Nuri Balta | Issue 95 (September - October 2013)

Mathematics is one of the earliest sciences. As the expression of intangible thoughts, mathematics can also be considered an art form like painting o…

Ibn Bajja and A Duel with Duality

31 August 2013 | Berna Berian Baran | Issue 95 (September - October 2013)

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Yahya al Saigh or Ibn Bajja (Avempace) is a well-known twelfth century Spanish philosopher.1 Ibn Bajja was something of a renai…

The Camel: A Monumental Creature

31 August 2013 | Ali Fethi Toprak | Issue 95 (September - October 2013)

The camel is a mighty animal and was historically used for transportation in desert lands; thus, it earned the name “the ship of the desert.” Interes…

Drones and the Future of Autonomous Vehicles

31 August 2013 | Halil I. Demir | Issue 95 (September - October 2013)

It’s a bird, it’s a plane… but no, it’s not Superman. It’s a drone. Airborne drones are becoming commonplace, especially in the civilian world. Unma…

Termites and Retirement

31 August 2013 | Nuh Ozdin | Issue 95 (September - October 2013)

We call termites “white ants” because of their appearance; however they are a diverse group of insects, with around 3,000 species. Found mostly in Af…

Forest Fires: Unexpected Benefits of an Unwanted Disaster

31 August 2013 | Eyup Nazir | Issue 95 (September - October 2013)

Forest ecosystems bear vital importance not only for us humans but also for thousands of species. Forests occupy vast spaces across the planet, featu…

Algae: A Source of Benefits

31 August 2013 | Ibrahim Bagci | Issue 95 (September - October 2013)

Does it feel creepy to step on sea weeds when you are swimming? Would you swim quickly away from an area with algae and seaweeds at the bottom? Just…

Organizational Commitment

30 June 2013 | Alptekin Kavi | Issue 94 (July - August 2013)

Ever wondered why some people we work with go above and beyond workplace expectations while others hardly meet the minimum requirements? Or why some…

Can a Filling Imitate a Tooth?

30 June 2013 | Mehmet Yildiz | Issue 94 (July - August 2013)

Teeth may lose their hard structure because of decay or various other reasons. The loss of the dental tissues raises many problems such as bad appear…

Water a Fine Balance of Life

30 June 2013 | Hamza Aydin | Issue 94 (July - August 2013)

“Water is everywhere around us and in us, tangible as sweat, visible as the high seas, invisible as the envelope of earth’s life-protecting atmospher…

Optimization in Nature Intelligent Solutions from Unintelligent Species

30 June 2013 | Ahmet D. Bahadir | Issue 94 (July - August 2013)

In recent years, nature-inspired algorithms have been gaining much popularity due to the increase in magnitude, complexity, and dynamism of many real…

Cadherin and Catenin: The Nut and Bolt System of Cells

30 June 2013 | Kadir Can | Issue 94 (July - August 2013)

The human body is a great system made up of complex materials and tools. The molecular systems keep cells, tissues, organs, thus the entire system gl…

From Mexican Jumping Beans to Cyborg Plants

30 April 2013 | Safiye Arslan | Issue 93 (May - June 2013)

According to Merriam Webster, cybernetics is the science of communication and control theory that is particularly concerned with the comparative stud…

Recurring DNA in Genome Structure

30 April 2013 | Hamza Aydin | Issue 93 (May - June 2013)

A genome is a data book or registry which records the past and future of living organisms. It dynamically and simultaneously stores hereditary and bi…

Don’t Let Me Down

30 April 2013 | Arslan Mayda | Issue 93 (May - June 2013)

As we enjoy and appreciate so many things in life, hair is usually among the blessings most of us take for granted. Although it might be difficult a…

Will Cern Reveal The Origin of The Universe or cause the end?

28 February 2013 | Cihan Kara | Issue 92 (March - April 2013)

CERN, the most advanced physics laboratory on earth, announced on July 2012 that they had found a particle that behaved like the Higgs boson, a par…

The Solar Eclipse and Its Fine Balance

28 February 2013 | Gokay Goktolga | Issue 92 (March - April 2013)

A heavenly spectacle happening every 6585.32 days, lasting up to 7.5 seconds, can be seen along a track 300 kms wide but cannot be observed with th…

Rising and Collapsing Worlds in Galaxies

28 February 2013 | Ihsan Kose | Issue 92 (March - April 2013)

By the time you finish reading this sentence, you will have been carried over the earth, passed the sun, and moved through actual space of 1000 kms…

Future of Computer Technology

31 December 2012 | Halil I. Demir | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

It was only a decade ago that a phenomenon called the “Internet” came along and changed the way we communicated, did business and conducted our liv…

The Mysteries of the Fundamental Physical Dimensions

31 December 2012 | Ali Sebetci | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

“The most beautiful system [the universe] could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.” (Isaac Newton) The Newtoni…

Can Black Holes Cause an Apocalypse?

31 December 2012 | Osman Cakmak | Issue 91 (January - February 2013)

The world may not have ended on December 21, 2012, but that does not mean it won’t end at all. So what will be the force that will disperse this ro…

Hunger Management and Survival

31 October 2012 | Hamza Aydin | Issue 90 (November - December 2012)

Hunger poses a danger to life, however dehydration is fatal. Although the energy obtained from nutrients become fuel for the organism, water function…

Yonder Mystery of Bones and Reproduction

31 October 2012 | Ali Fethi Toprak | Issue 90 (November - December 2012)

For many years, scientists thought that women were born with a limited number of oocytes (eggs) in the ovary, estimating around three thousands oocyt…

Can Plants Talk?

31 October 2012 | Safiye Arslan | Issue 90 (November - December 2012)

Plants come across with numerous organisms in their natural environment. So how do plants communicate with all these organisms such as other plants…

The Sun and its Distinctive Position

31 October 2012 | Osman Cakmak | Issue 90 (November - December 2012)

Every morning and evening we witness the sunrise and the sunset in a colorful play. Luminous stars virtually hover over us like a parade during the n…

Science

31 October 2012 | M. Fethullah Gulen | Issue 90 (November - December 2012)

Today, scientific developments have reached unparalleled speed and level as we stumble upon a new surprising invention or discovery every day. It can…

Questions Concerning Robots That "Care"

31 October 2012 | Theodore Albert Metzler | Issue 90 (November - December 2012)

Robots that "care" are no longer merely science fiction ... Producing machines that look and behave like people seems to be a human project with…

Why Is Cancer a Complex Disease?

31 October 2012 | Ihsan Kose | Issue 90 (November - December 2012)

The chaos theory, first introduced by Edward Lorentz, offers new horizons for economists, meteorologists, seismologist and scientists studying in oth…

Energy and Environmental Issues: A Comparative Study for Turkey and the U.S.

31 August 2012 | Fethiye Ozis | Issue 89 (September - October 2012)

Inevitably, energy is one of the key issues currently effecting economic development in much of the modern world. The fact that fossil fuels are non-…

Coal, Diamond, and Man

31 August 2012 | Ibrahim Ozbek | Issue 89 (September - October 2012)

All of the physical and chemical conditions of the earth are created in a way to make life possible. The earth's position in the universe and factors…

Southern Pine Beetle: A Pest Using Pesticides

31 August 2012 | Daniel Adam Kurtz | Issue 89 (September - October 2012)

The use of pesticides by farmers for fighting against pests harming their crops is a common yet controversial issue in bioethics and agricultural sci…

A Present of The Presence Through Three Dripping Snow-cones

30 June 2012 | Ayse K. Coskun | Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

"I want to start fasting this year during the month of Ramadan" she said with a serious tone of voice, as determined as a five-year-old girl could be…

The Wonderful Octopus

30 June 2012 | Ahmet Nazif Canoglu | Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Taking its place among the world's short-lived mollusks, the octopus is a fantastic sea animal with intelligent behavior. Despite its smooth and soft…

The Expansion of the Universe and the Big Bang: A Qur'anic Perspective

30 June 2012 | Ali Kaya | Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

After Hubble announced the final results of his observations in 1929, physicists' view of the universe began to change completely. In fact, before Hu…

The Breast Milk: A Wonderful Food for the Baby

30 June 2012 | Hamza Aydin | Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Researches on the complex, multi-dimensional, and dynamic natured organisms reveal new findings and beauties pertaining to creation. Recent researche…

Thoughts on Science of Forecasting

30 June 2012 | Ertugrul Deniz | Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Making predictions is an active form of decision-making people do all the time mostly without even being aware. When the bell rings, we guess that th…

Organized Industry in Cells: ER

30 June 2012 | Hilmi Celaloglu | Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

An important characteristic of animate structures in the micro-pages of nature unseen by the naked eye is being able to fit intricate and convoluted…

Food Safety and Preventing Food Terrorism

30 April 2012 | Hayriye Cetin Karaca | Issue 87 (May - June 2012)

Foodborne illnesses are more common than we realize. There are approximately 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths every y…

Is the World Turning for Nothing?

30 April 2012 | Cendel Tuna | Issue 87 (May - June 2012)

In old times, ships that set out for long journeys could not reach their exact destination in spite of keeping a steady course. It was because the ca…

The Suitability of Food to the Digestion System

30 April 2012 | Muhammed Emin | Issue 87 (May - June 2012)

Nourishment lies at the center of the lives of animate creatures. The continuation of life is bound to sustenance and then the healthy functioning of…

Perfection in the Physique of Birds

30 April 2012 | Muhammet Mertek | Issue 87 (May - June 2012)

With bodies heavy for flying and light for diving into the water, birds push the limits of their physique. Let's take a close look at the artistry di…

Did al-Ghazali Kill the Science in Islam?

30 April 2012 | Nuh Aydin | Issue 87 (May - June 2012)

It is a widespread belief among orientalists that one of the major factors, if not the single most important reason, for the decline of science in th…

Guarding Queens of the Cellular Strongholds

29 February 2012 | Ali Fethi Toprak | Issue 86 (March - April 2012)

Cells are the main building blocks of living organisms. Our body is composed of average one hundred trillion cells. We undergo continuous replenishme…

Another Side to Water

29 February 2012 | Ceyda Sablak | Issue 86 (March - April 2012)

Water plays a crucial role in maintaining the balance between life and death on Earth. It can either instigate health, or be a deadly disease vector…

The Difficulty of Modeling the Brain with Artificial Neurons

31 December 2011 | Fatih Gelgi | Issue 85 (January - February 2012)

“The human brain, then, is the most complicated organization of matter that we know.” Isaac Asimov If someone asks what you recall when you look…

The Power Law

31 December 2011 | Murat Yuksel | Issue 85 (January - February 2012)

The desire of explaining things and trends around us has been a decisive component of wisdom. The complexity of nature challenges human thought and e…

Towards the dream of Star Trek: Antimatter

31 December 2011 | M. Fatih Yilmaz | Issue 85 (January - February 2012)

In physics, matter is defined as the composition of particles such as electrons, protons, and neutrons. Antimatter is composed of antiparticles such…

Are We Big Enough to Be Arrogant?

31 December 2011 | Nuri Balta | Issue 85 (January - February 2012)

A small-scale blueprint of the universe, the human body is a miraculous work of art that manifests the beautiful divine names and attributes of Go…

The Unsolved Mystery: Symmetric Growth

31 October 2011 | Hamza Aydin | Issue 84 (November - December 2011)

The physical properties of our bodies are mostly determined during the embryonic stage. The development of this main structure continues until we are…

Earthquake Predictions Based on Best Available Science

31 October 2011 | Meryem Saygili | Issue 84 (November - December 2011)

Human beings and many other living things inhabit Earth's outer crust. The crust is a brittle shell broken into major tectonic plates. These major pl…

The Metaphysical versus the Modern Sense of the Idea of Infinite

31 October 2011 | Ali Sebetci | Issue 84 (November - December 2011)

Although we speak casually of infinity and the infinite in our daily lives, the notion of infinite is perplexing and complex, worthy of much more att…

Quantum Worlds from Entanglement to Telepathy

31 October 2011 | Halil I. Demir | Issue 84 (November - December 2011)

We live in a world in which our perceptions are based on our physical senses and the knowledge we gain through them. Our senses can react only to a l…

The life and journey of a leaf

31 August 2011 | Sebnem Unlu | Issue 83 (September - October 2011)

I was created as a small bud on the dry branch of a huge oak tree. The oak tree is a great entity that protects me from being stepped on or eaten by…

Functional Art in the Nucleus: DNA

30 June 2011 | Cagri Sakalar | Issue 82 (July - August 2011)

Volumes of books and hundreds of articles have been published about the structure and functions of DNA, since the day two renowned scientists from Co…

Rebuilding the Heart: Regeneration

30 June 2011 | Ali Fethi Toprak | Issue 82 (July - August 2011)

Regeneration is the ability to restore and renew lost or damaged tissues or organs. The body is equipped with several strategies to regenerate, inclu…

Resurrection Plants

30 June 2011 | Safiye Arslan | Issue 82 (July - August 2011)

Tulips, sunflowers, roses, lilies, carnations, daisies, peas, eggplants, apple trees, and even bouquets of cut flowers for a loved one need water to…

It's me Peter, your liver!

30 June 2011 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 82 (July - August 2011)

Dear Peter, as one of your organs of vital importance, I have a couple of words to say to you. I do not make any noise like the heart or stomach. Nei…

It's Not So Futile After All!

30 June 2011 | Frank Merchant | Issue 82 (July - August 2011)

Have you ever taken apart an electronic device in order to fix it? If so, you’ll recall that sometimes, when you reassemble the device completely, on…

The Life and Journey of a Leaf

30 June 2011 | Sebnem Unlu | Issue 82 (July - August 2011)

I was created as a small bud on the dry branch of a huge oak tree. The oak tree is a great entity that protects me from being stepped on or eaten by…

Divided They Survive, Together They Prevail: Quorum Sensing in Bacteria

30 April 2011 | Bill Sayoran | Issue 81 (May - June 2011)

Bacteria are single-celled organisms which are visible to the eye only under a microscope, hence are known as microbial creatures. Lacking specialize…

The Astonishing Story of Genome Organization: DNA Packaging in the Cell

30 April 2011 | Ahmet Mir Fazil | Issue 81 (May - June 2011)

Like most other experimental scientists, I hardly spend time in the library. In one of those rare occasions, while trying to find an article in an ar…

The Onerous Journey of a Meatball

30 April 2011 | Ali Uguz | Issue 81 (May - June 2011)

I was once a delicious meatball. I should, in fact, say "we," not "I," for I was a foodstuff with such ingredients as fats, carbohydrates, proteins…

Creation of the Zygote (Nutfah)

30 April 2011 | Arslan Mayda | Issue 81 (May - June 2011)

As all the living beings, human being is also created from a male and a female. Gametes (germ cells) of male and female are being coupled at the wide…

The Islamic Propensity for Science

30 April 2011 | Stephen Pant | Issue 81 (May - June 2011)

The naive view of religion and science sees them in direct opposition to one another, and given the chequered history of religion and science this is…

The Sun: The Source We Cannot Utilize

28 February 2011 | Bedirhan Altunay | Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

The sun gives out about 1.17x1031 kJ (kilojoule) energy every year. Only one and half trillionth of this energy reaches the Earth, 150 million kilome…

Metaphors, Metaphysics, Mathematics, etc.

28 February 2011 | Yusuf Ziya Gurtas | Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

Analogies, metaphors, and similes are essential elements of human cognition and this makes them an indispensable tool in education, science, and lite…

Super Computer in a Cell

28 February 2011 | Halil I. Demir | Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

Since the first electronic computer ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was announced in 1946, computers have changed a great deal…

Sweeter Than Sugar, Black as Night, Healing as Medicine

31 December 2010 | Sumeyra Dural Cokavci | Issue 79 (January - February 2011)

Imagine a substance that’s fifty times sweeter than sugar and flexible enough to use as a shoelace or a jump rope. Just like plastic, this substance…

A Well-designed On/Off Switch for the Cellular Pathways

31 December 2010 | Safiye Arslan | Issue 79 (January - February 2011)

In living cells, ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a key molecule, which is transcribed from deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and was known to function in the pro…

Without the Moon...

31 October 2010 | Nuri Balta/Ahmet Eser | Issue 78 (November - December 2010)

What would have happened if our Moon had not existed? How would its absence have affected the Earth, its climate, and millions of living things on it…

Don't Say I Didn't Warn You! I Am a Stressed Plant

31 October 2010 | Safiye Arslan | Issue 78 (November - December 2010)

It was a beautiful day in the garden. There was a slight breeze moving my petals and leaves and making them flip back and forth. I was watching the b…

It is Just a Measurement!

31 October 2010 | Ozgur Samil Caglayan | Issue 78 (November - December 2010)

It was in the second grade when I came across measurement and units for the first time. Our science teacher told us that we could measure things. Unt…

Our Unique Digital Footprint

31 August 2010 | Halil I. Demir | Issue 77 (September - October 2010)

The term “footprint” refers in general to traces left or caused by human beings through the consumption of resources while guests in this physical wo…

Bridging the Nano and Macro Worlds: Shadowing and Reemission

31 August 2010 | Murat Yuksel | Issue 77 (September - October 2010)

Understanding the dynamics involved in the formation and development of physical structures on both atomic and galactic scales has been a key topic f…

Straighten Up Yourself and Know It's a Miracle

31 August 2010 | Omer Arifagaoglu | Issue 77 (September - October 2010)

Just after having started my job at the university, I was shocked by some sad news. One of my professors, who was only in his fifties, had died; when…

A Landscape of Beauty: the Alteration of Colors in Autumn

30 June 2010 | Abdullah Akpinar | Issue 76 (July - August 2010)

Every autumn we find ourselves in the beauty of a variety of colors. A mixture of orange, red, yellow, and purple appears in the trees as the seasons…

The Water Towers of the World

30 April 2010 | H. Huseyin Erdem | Issue 75 (May - June 2010)

Mountains have been the source of inspiration to human beings in history, with their magnificence and great silence. As the famous mountain photograp…

I Am the Earth

30 April 2010 | Ibrahim Ugurlu | Issue 75 (May - June 2010)

My existence is essential for human life, and only human beings can truly appreciate my value. I was created in the most suitable way for humans to l…

On Their Faces and Backs

28 February 2010 | Mesut Sahin | Issue 74 (March - April 2010)

In numerous verses the Holy Qur’an makes reference to living organisms, and particularly to human physiology. The Qur’an does this in its own style…

Endocytosis: How Cells Eat

28 February 2010 | Hamdi Sener | Issue 74 (March - April 2010)

The smallest life forms that constitute our bodies, that is, cells, are fairly well organized structures. Even though the cytoplasm (i.e. the interio…

Quantum-Inspired World of Computers: Science or Fiction?

28 February 2010 | Omer D. Ikramoglu | Issue 74 (March - April 2010)

When we draw even a simple line using a computer program, we usually ignore what our computer actually does in the background. It converts videos, im…

Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Surah Iron (Hadeed)

28 February 2010 | Kamil Ezgin | Issue 74 (March - April 2010)

Iron is a fundamental element prevalent in the component of various goods, such as products made of steel, cars, airplanes, ships, computers, furnitu…

The Tiniest Captains of the Ocean

28 February 2010 | Ahmet Uysal | Issue 74 (March - April 2010)

The date of invention for compass still is not known with certainty. Some historians think that it was invented in China around 900 BC, while others…

The Magical World of the Mosquito

31 December 2009 | Ibrahim Yildiz | Issue 73 (January - February 2010)

O humankind! A parable is struck, so pay heed to it: Those whom, apart from God, you deify and invoke will never be able to create even a fly, even i…

Spirals: Windows to Reflective Thought

31 December 2009 | A. Gafur Taskin | Issue 73 (January - February 2010)

Spirals and helices are each a work-of-art and they are found in many dimensions of existence, from galaxies filled with billions of stars to the DNA…

Dynamic Programs in Cells

31 October 2009 | Hamza Aydin | Issue 72 (November - December 2009)

The molecular and genetic diversity in the environmental adaptation mechanisms found in the cells of living beings establishes the ground for fundame…

Steadiness in the Language of Mathematics

31 October 2009 | O. Faruk Gulduren | Issue 72 (November - December 2009)

Many people think that walking two meters is easy, as the interval between the start and the finish is so small. Anyone who can walk half a meter wit…

Nucleation

31 October 2009 | Cendel Tuna | Issue 72 (November - December 2009)

Every day we boil water in our homes for tea, cooking and various other reasons, and during the summer months we usually ensure that there is a const…

The Islamic Conceptualization of the Sciences

31 October 2009 | Ali Sebetci | Issue 72 (November - December 2009)

We believe it is not emphasized today as much as it should be that traditional conceptualizations of sciences, whether Islamic or not, were very diff…

Mathematics and the Universe

31 August 2009 | Ali Kemal Unver | Issue 71 (September - October 2009)

People have very different attitudes to mathematics. While some love it, some find it very difficult and some even hate it. Even though it is true th…

The Amazing Story of Hearing

31 August 2009 | Hamdi Sener | Issue 71 (September - October 2009)

He has granted you from all that you ask Him. Were you to attempt to count God's blessings, you could not compute them. But for sure, humankind is…

Connection, Always and Everywhere

31 August 2009 | Hamza Aydin | Issue 71 (September - October 2009)

“… there is a stable order in the world as well as a well-established connection, constant norms and fundamental laws. In this sense, the world is…

Action and Coincidence

31 August 2009 | Nizamettin Yildiz | Issue 71 (September - October 2009)

It is not easy for people living today to believe that every object, every law and every incident in the universe is planned in a very detailed way…

How Lungfish are Protected from the Sun

31 August 2009 | Erdal Budak | Issue 71 (September - October 2009)

Water means purity, beauty, and life; it would be unrealistic to talk about life if water did not exist. Though it is widely known that water is a co…

The Tale of a Photon

31 August 2009 | Kaptan Murat Celebi | Issue 71 (September - October 2009)

I do not know where I should start to explain my life story. Perhaps the best way is to start from the time I was brought to this life. I am a partic…

Are you RFIDed?

30 June 2009 | Yasin Ceran | Issue 70 (July - August 2009)

Though tremendous technical efforts are being spent on solving the problem of privacy concerns in RFID usage, this is only one side of the story. T…

Infinity: A Window on Divinity

30 June 2009 | Nuh Aydin | Issue 70 (July - August 2009)

The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has so fruitfully stimulated his intellect; yet no ot…

Is the Shape of the Earth Changing?

30 June 2009 | Abdullah Sancak | Issue 70 (July - August 2009)

The Earth's shape is becoming rounder as a result of the construction of projects like the Three Gorges reservoir. The weight decrease due to the m…

What Algorithms Imply for Us

30 April 2009 | Ahmet Isik | Issue 69 (May - June 2009)

Different people have different styles of handling situations; as the proverb says “Different strokes for different folks.” Another proverb “Two head…

The Koala and Its Amazing Features

30 April 2009 | Mehmet Celik | Issue 69 (May - June 2009)

Do not be misled by my appearance into thinking I am a type of bear. Although we koalas may resemble bears, we have been created with quite different…

Time and Beyond as a Dimension

30 April 2009 | Osman Cakmak | Issue 69 (May - June 2009)

Even if we cannot easily grasp the real nature of “time,” we can understand its aspect of being a “dimension.” For example, specifying only a place w…

Open Heart Surgery: A Matter of Life and Death

30 April 2009 | Enis Turker | Issue 69 (May - June 2009)

The miraculous duty of the heart, which throughout life pumps the blood with no interruption and sends unpurified blood to the organ where it is refi…

Fish: A Source of Inspiration for Efficient Energy Production

30 April 2009 | Dr. Sami Polatoz | Issue 69 (May - June 2009)

A perfect balance exists between the movements and behavior of a creature, its habitat, and anatomic structure. The sciences try to understand this t…

The Trembling Sun

28 February 2009 | Kadir Can | Issue 68 (March - April 2009)

In 1962 a group of researchers discovered that the sun oscillated backwards and forwards once every five minutes. As research progressed it was deter…

The Holy Qur'an and Dirac's Theory of Pairs

28 February 2009 | Sultan Bashir Mahmood | Issue 68 (March - April 2009)

Paul Dirac (1902–1984), one of Newton’s successors to the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Cambridge, was one of the greatest physicists of the twent…

Tiny, With A Great Mission: Seeds and Bees

28 February 2009 | Mahmut Veziroglu | Issue 68 (March - April 2009)

Plants sustain the continuity of their species through generative reproduction either with seeds or through vegetative reproduction that uses suckers…

Will and Balance in Nourishment

28 February 2009 | Omer Arifagaoglu | Issue 68 (March - April 2009)

Once, Shaykh ‘Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani, one of the greatest poles of spirituality, may God sanctify his holiness, had a pupil who was the only child of…

A Miraculous Mechanism: DNA Repair

28 February 2009 | Hasan Altinbasak | Issue 68 (March - April 2009)

We live in a world full of technological devices, instruments and machines. Even if we buy them from good retailers, our cars we use to commute, or…

A New Model: Multiple Universes (MULTIVERSE)

31 December 2008 | Salih Adem | Issue 67 (January - February 2009)

There are a number of critical points in the history of physics, which strives for a better understanding of the mysteries about the creation of the…

Muslim Contributions to Mathematics

31 December 2008 | Shirali Kadyrov | Issue 67 (January - February 2009)

When we talk about Muslim contributions to mathematics we are usually referring to the years between 622 and 1600 ce. This was the golden era of Isla…

From Genes to Proteins: A New Level of Complexity

31 December 2008 | Jason Newfoundland | Issue 67 (January - February 2009)

Newspapers frequently run articles reporting a study about a gene linked to some disease. Thanks to such wide media coverage, the word "gene" has bec…

Cryptography and Codes in Existence

31 December 2008 | Ahmet Isik | Issue 67 (January - February 2009)

The confidentiality of information is vital for people, companies and countries. Cryptography develops methods of encoding and decoding information i…

Is Redundancy Always Redundant?

31 October 2008 | Nuh Aydin | Issue 66 (November - December 2008)

Normally, we associate the idea of redundancy with such concepts as wastefulness, uselessness repetition, and superfluity. However, there are many in…

Can Genes Alone Explain Everything?

31 October 2008 | Seyyidhan Mirza | Issue 66 (November - December 2008)

Genetics is probably one of the fastest developing contemporary sciences with an incredibly large accumulation of knowledge. This knowledge of geneti…

From Soap Bubbles to Technology

31 October 2008 | Dr. Sami Polatoz | Issue 66 (November - December 2008)

Children love playing with soap bubbles; they like to blow a circle after dipping a bubble wand into soapy water and watch the bubbles flying out of…

The Eighty-Twenty Rule in the Risale-i Nur

31 October 2008 | Ilhan Hasgur | Issue 66 (November - December 2008)

The famous Islamic scholar Bediüzzaman Said Nursi (1877-1960) referred to mathematics in various forms in various places in his work the Risale-i Nur…

Ruminants and Their Contribution to Our Life

31 October 2008 | Zubeyir Altuntas | Issue 66 (November - December 2008)

And surely in the cattle (feeding on the pastures of the revived earth) there is a lesson for you: We give you from that which is within their bodi…

Soil-Cleaning Plants

31 October 2008 | H. Arif Ustaoglu | Issue 66 (November - December 2008)

Soil has significant functions for securing the maintenance of life on earth. The food and water that plants need are provided via soil. A wide varie…

The Adaptation in the Senses

31 August 2008 | Omer Arifagaoglu | Issue 65 (September - October 2008)

For centuries we have enjoyed commitment to a belief in eternity, and the atmosphere we inhaled every moment was filled with eternal considerations…

Search for Life on Planets Orbiting Other Stars

31 August 2008 | Ertan Salik | Issue 65 (September - October 2008)

Introduction For a long time astronomers have talked about the nine planets orbiting the Sun. These nine heavenly bodies have always been more speci…

Confinement Systems for Fusion

30 June 2008 | M. Fatih Yilmaz | Issue 64 (July - August 2008)

The world’s energy sources are limited and in four or five decades they will be in short supply. However, the world’s increasing energy demands have…

Radar-Evading Moths

30 June 2008 | Arif Osmanli | Issue 64 (July - August 2008)

Members of the animal kingdom are equipped with amazing features. Every species has a particular gift for communication, feeding, or defense. They co…

A Journey into Our Body with B12

30 June 2008 | Ihsan Omeroglu | Issue 64 (July - August 2008)

Vitamins are organic (carbon-based) compounds that are necessary in tiny amounts for the biochemical activities that take place in our body. Since vi…

The Future of Solar Energy in the Energy Market and Why We Need It More Than Ever

30 April 2008 | Muhammet Erkan Kose | Issue 63 (May - June 2008)

Renewable energy resources Our current source of energy is mostly fossil fuels such as oil, coal, and natural gas. Fossil fuels are nonrenewable. In…

Simple and Beautiful Momentum

30 April 2008 | Ozgur Cagla | Issue 63 (May - June 2008)

Every occurrence in nature obeys some kind of relation that has been put in operation in the universe, and most scientists probably believe that huma…

Mathematical Thinking

30 April 2008 | Namik Sercan | Issue 63 (May - June 2008)

Equipped with the faculties of curiosity and intelligence, human beings have built telescopes and launched spacecraft to discover the secrets of the…

Nanotechnology in Sponges

30 April 2008 | Dr. Sami Polatoz | Issue 63 (May - June 2008)

Sponges, though it is still not clear whether they are plants or animals, are inspiring the solution to a problem which has troubled chemists for yea…

Seeing the Third Quality of Light Polarization Vision

30 April 2008 | Mehmet Kurum | Issue 63 (May - June 2008)

Sun is the main source of light for Earth. Without light, there would be no sight for us. Light is nothing but an electromagnetic wave which has thre…

Water: The Molecule of Life

29 February 2008 | Bill Sayoran | Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

The sustenance of all known life-forms relies heavily on water, and almost all living things are mostly composed of water. The chemistry of biologica…

Miraculous Carrier in Blood: Hemoglobin

29 February 2008 | Ibrahim Yildiz | Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

By means of rapid and astonishing advances in science and technology, every day we witness amazing discoveries related to the mechanisms in the human…

Citadel of the Self: Incompleteness Theorem

31 December 2007 | Ozgur Yilmaz | Issue 61 (January - February 2008)

What is consciousness? Is it established in the brain, or distributed throughout the whole body? Is it physical? Can I jump out of my own consciousne…

Do Not Underestimate Small Things

31 December 2007 | Mirsad Tasmaz | Issue 61 (January - February 2008)

Who does not want to know the future? Is it not one of our impossible dreams to obtain advance information about tomorrow? Events developing in time…

Quantum Entanglement: Illusion or Reality?

31 December 2007 | Suleyman Candaroglu | Issue 61 (January - February 2008)

Science has always influenced philosophy. Trivial and not instantaneous effects of change in scientific thought eventually result in changes in socia…

What Makes the Planets Revolve around the Sun?

30 September 2007 | H. Aydin | Issue 60 (October - December 2007)

The Sun consists of three parts: the interior, the outer layer, and the solar atmosphere. The outer layer of the Sun is similar to the boundary that…

Thoughts on Matter and Anti-Matter

30 September 2007 | Omer Said Gonullu | Issue 60 (October - December 2007)

We see a wall. It seems to be solid, made of one piece, as if it is covered with plaster. If we scrape off the plaster, we can see that the wall cons…

Hearing for Deaf Ears

30 September 2007 | S. Utku Ay | Issue 60 (October - December 2007)

The order, ingenuity, and simultaneous complexity and simplicity of the human organs are simply marvelous. The wonder one feels only increases when t…

Writing with Atoms

30 June 2007 | Osman Cakmak | Issue 59 (July - September 2007)

Sometimes we make the mistake of thinking that the art and wisdom of small things are easier to make than those which are big in size. Said Nursi rev…

A Tale of Design and Love

30 June 2007 | Esref Sami | Issue 59 (July - September 2007)

The value of the iron (or any other material) from which a work of art is made differs from the value of the art expressed in it. Sometimes they may…

Camera Chips: Mimicking the Human Eye?

30 June 2007 | S. Utku Ay | Issue 59 (July - September 2007)

One day an optometrist was talking to his profoundly-blind patient about the possibility of an eye implant that would give him 16 (4x4) pixels of vis…

Black Holes and Possible Depictions of the Judgment Day

31 March 2007 | Osman Cakmak | Issue 58 (April - June 2007)

The Day when We will roll up the heaven as written scrolls are rolled up. We will bring the creation back into existence as easily as We originated i…

Physics of the Unseen

31 March 2007 | H. Huseyin Erdem | Issue 58 (April - June 2007)

“Ever since the beginnings of modern science, four or five hundred years ago, scientific thoughts seem to have moved humankind and consciousness fu…

Apocalypse from the Perspective of Engineering

31 March 2007 | Dr. Sami Polatoz | Issue 58 (April - June 2007)

The apocalypse is the end of both humanity and the world. Owing to the significance of this event, the Qur’an gives a detailed description of the apo…

Phytoplanktons and the Climatic Balance

31 March 2007 | Ali Kurtoglu | Issue 58 (April - June 2007)

At the oceans’ shores, the dominant odor one can feel is that of iodine, a salty smell that arises from bubbles and waves and that is spread over the…

Atoms And The Foundation Of Matter

31 December 2006 | Osman Cakmak | Issue 57 (January - March 2007)

IF EVERYTHING AROUND US CONSISTS OF ATOMS, MOST OF WHICH ARE MADE UP OF EMPTINESS, AND IF THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL STRUCTURES THAT COMPOSE OUR BODIES ARE…

Hydrogen Energy

31 December 2006 | Alim Birkiye | Issue 57 (January - March 2007)

“I believe that water will one day be employed as fuel, that hydrogen and oxygen which constitute it, used singly or together, will furnish an inexha…

Cellular Defenses against Cancer

31 December 2006 | Frank Merchant | Issue 57 (January - March 2007)

THE REASON WHY WE ARE PROTECTED FROM DEVELOPING CANCER, EVEN THOUGH OUR DNA IS UNDER NUMEROUS TYPES OF ATTACKS EVERYDAY, IS THAT OUR CELLS ARE EQUIPP…

The Essence of Time

30 September 2006 | Zainab Goonay | Issue 56 (October - December 2006)

St Augustine’s confession expresses the situation most people experience after contemplating the nature of time. Time has puzzled many philosophers…

Expansion of the Universe

30 June 2006 | Omer D. Ikramoglu | Issue 55 (July - September 2006)

AND THE HEAVEN, WE HAVE CONSTRUCTED IT MIGHTILY, AND IT IS SURELY WE WHO HAVE VAST POWER, AND KEEP EXPANDING IT. (DHARIYAT 51:47) In this work w…

Science in Search of Its Soul

30 June 2006 | Omer Said Gonullu | Issue 55 (July - September 2006)

In the concepts of today, we can define science as the human effort to understand the physical world through systematic methods and make use of it fo…

The Importance of Ionosphere in Radio Communication

30 June 2006 | Mehmet Camalan | Issue 55 (July - September 2006)

The first step in using electromagnetic waves in space for radio communication was taken by James Clark Maxwell when he came up with “the theory of t…

Supernova Explosion and a Miracle of The Qur'an

31 March 2006 | Nuh Gedik | Issue 54 (April - June 2006)

...And We sent down Iron, in which is great might, as well as many benefits for mankind... (Hadid 57:25) The above verse in the holy Qur’an uses…

Pinhole Cameras, Imaging, and The Eye

31 March 2006 | Ertan Salik | Issue 54 (April - June 2006)

Cameras, eyes, telescopes, microscopes are various imaging systems. In general, everyone knows that an imaging system has one or multiple lenses. Int…

A Message from Glowworms

31 March 2006 | Safak Ozturk | Issue 54 (April - June 2006)

Professor Joachim Illies was stunned when he observed the luminescent behavior of the glowworms-Arachnocampa luminosa-found in the Waitomo caves of t…

Seismologist Termites

31 March 2006 | Dr. Selim Aydin | Issue 54 (April - June 2006)

All living organisms have the peculiar feature of being equipped with special biological devices that warn and inform them about the changes occurrin…

A Dead End for Science or A Call to the Creator

31 December 2005 | Vitaliy Sheremet | Issue 53 (January - March 2006)

The scientists of the world have been engaged in solving the problem of deciphering the so-called human genome during the last few decades. At the tu…

The Virgin Birth: The Birth of Jesus without a Biological Father

31 December 2005 | Olgun Hasgul | Issue 53 (January - March 2006)

Human development begins at fertilization when a male gamete or sperm unites with a female gamete or oocyte to form a single cell-a zygote. This high…

Gen-ethic Anxiety and Some Reflections on the Genome Project

31 December 2005 | Abdullah D. Dogan | Issue 53 (January - March 2006)

The Genome Project was started at a research institute known as HUGO, which is short for the Human Genome Project, in Montreux, Switzerland on Octobe…

Forensic Entomology: How Insects Solve Murder Cases

31 December 2005 | Mehmet Sultan | Issue 53 (January - March 2006)

In a homicide case or any accident that results in death, it is essential to know the exact time and place where the death occurred. Insects and thei…

Darwin's Black Box

30 September 2005 | Mustafa Akyol | Issue 52 (October - December 2005)

Over since the publication of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin in 1859, his theory of natural selection has been a matter of debate. The th…

Constant Change and Renewal in the Universe

30 September 2005 | Huseyin Simitci | Issue 52 (October - December 2005)

Since the time Galileo uttered, “But still, it moves!” when he was forced to declare a stationary Earth, several centuries of scientific discoveries…

Potassium Channels: A Tale of Two Nobel Prizes

30 September 2005 | Hakan Ufuk | Issue 52 (October - December 2005)

In May 2003, Roderick Mackinnon’s research group at Rockefeller University has published the three-dimensional atomic structure of a voltage-gated…

Do Not Take Urine for Granted

30 June 2005 | Omer Fatih Celik | Issue 51 (July - September 2005)

The amount of activity that goes on in the human body makes it comparable to a city. There is even more activity in a human body than in the busiest…

The Modern Mummification Cryonics: Search for Immortality Continues

30 June 2005 | Alim Birkiye | Issue 51 (July - September 2005)

Throughout history, humanity has been in search of eternal life; explorations into the deep galaxy and bio-medical projects in modern science are in…

Fields of Certainty as a Unifying Paradigm for Science and Religion

31 March 2005 | Alphonse Dougan | Issue 50 (April - June 2005)

A superficial understanding of science and religion perceives these two fields as being disciplines of different realms. Such a perspective sees scie…

Ensoulment: When Does Human Life Begin?

31 March 2005 | Olgun Hasgul | Issue 50 (April - June 2005)

One of the most controversial topics in modern bioethics, science, and philosophy is to try to pinpoint the beginning of an individual human life. Th…

Are Religion and Science Compatible?

31 December 2004 | Murat Erdin | Issue 49 (January - March 2005)

The heated debate about whether religion and science are complimentary or not has been raging for years. Several theologians, philosophers, and scien…

The Message of Meteorites

31 December 2004 | Omer Said Gonullu | Issue 49 (January - March 2005)

According to a news item that appeared in the middle of 2002, there was a 6% probability that a meteorite measuring 2 kilometers in diameter could hi…

The History of (pi)

31 December 2004 | Brian Parker | Issue 49 (January - March 2005)

The story starts in 2000 BC with attempts by the Egyptians and Babylonians to compute π. The Egyptians arrived at (4/3)4 3.1604, while the Babylonian…

The Miracles of Water

31 December 2004 | Nuh Gedik | Issue 49 (January - March 2005)

Water is the most abundant substance in our world. It has one of the simplest possible chemical formulas: two hydrogen atoms attached to one oxygen a…

Animals that Challenge the Freezing Temperatures

31 December 2004 | Cemil Demir | Issue 49 (January - March 2005)

One of the natural conditions that animals struggle with is surviving the freezing cold. Cold weather causes great loss in animal life. In some ways…

Spiders Expand New Horizons in Fiber-Optic Technology

31 December 2004 | Dr. Sami Polatoz | Issue 49 (January - March 2005)

Spiders, known to be horrifying animals to many, are recognized by us for their role in the ecological balance. If spiders were to be removed from th…

Symmetry and Beauty

30 September 2004 | Bayram Yerlikaya | Issue 48 (October - December 2004)

When visiting Moscow University, Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, the famous physicist and the founder of Quantum Mechanics, as well as being the fifteenth…

Collective Intelligence in Ant Colonies

30 September 2004 | Hasan Guclu | Issue 48 (October - December 2004)

Social insects such as termites, some bees and wasps in general, and ants in particular, have held a mysterious fascination for men since the beginni…

Radiocarbon Dating and Questions

30 June 2004 | H. Huseyin Erdem | Issue 47 (July - September 2004)

Libby’s discovery, now known as the carbon-14 (or radiocarbon) technique, was a method that could be used to determine the age of organic remains. In…

When a Finger Moves

30 June 2004 | Firat Kocol | Issue 47 (July - September 2004)

The moment I want to move my finger, a large number of neurons in my brain start sending each other small electrical impulses. These impulses travel…

Can Artificial Intelligence Be More Advanced than the Human Mind?

30 June 2004 | Fatih Gelgi | Issue 47 (July - September 2004)

Technology is rapidly improving with time. The machines which we once only read about in novels are now an unavoidable part of our lives. This, of co…

Hibernation as a Sign of Existence

30 June 2004 | Ali Demir | Issue 47 (July - September 2004)

What is hibernation? Hibernation is a state of inactivity in an animal brought about by shorter days, colder temperatures and limited food. Hibernati…

The Miraculous World of Oxygen

30 June 2004 | Abdullah Ozer | Issue 47 (July - September 2004)

All living organisms require oxygen to live. As humans, we breathe to take in oxygen; if we were not to do this we would die as we would not be able…

The Bottom of the Food Chain Plankton

30 June 2004 | Zubeyr Kaya | Issue 47 (July - September 2004)

For many authors throughout history, religion has always been a major point of interest. There are several books written concerning the creation of t…

Celestial Reflections

31 March 2004 | Baha Abushagra | Issue 46 (April - June 2004)

In cosmic jargon, a planet is said to be at “opposition” when the Sun is on one side of the Earth and the planet is on the opposite side. On 27 Augus…

The Golden Ratio

31 March 2004 | Dr. Sami Polatoz | Issue 46 (April - June 2004)

It is very obvious that there is an amazing system at work in the universe. Words are usually insufficient to explain this perfection. Therefore, one…

Artificial Intelligence vs. the Mind

31 March 2004 | Fatih Gelgi | Issue 46 (April - June 2004)

In the last fifty years, computer technology has led a new discussion centered on Artificial Intelligence (AI) vs. the mind. The main aim in AI is to…

How Did the Earth and Sky, Having Once Been Attached, Part?

31 March 2004 | Osman Cakmak | Issue 46 (April - June 2004)

Books concerned with cosmology compare all the characteristics of the period that followed the six phases of creation with the current features of th…

The Age of the Earth

31 March 2004 | Omer Said Gonullu | Issue 46 (April - June 2004)

Methods of Measuring the Earth’s Age All methods of estimating “time” use the same principle: measuring the velocity of natural processes that show…

A World of Balance

31 December 2003 | Osman Cakmak | Issue 45 (January - March 2004)

We live in a cozy and dynamic home called the Earth, which moves through cold, dark space at a great speed. Everything we need can be found on this s…

Computers and Artificial Nervous Systems

31 December 2003 | Saban Sarsilmaz | Issue 45 (January - March 2004)

Created with miraculous abilities, like intelligence, thought, and speaking, it is the human, apart from all other living things, that has invented m…

A Mathematician's View of Darwinian Evolution: How Natural Selection Fails to Design

31 December 2003 | Alphonse Dougan | Issue 45 (January - March 2004)

The theory of evolution, originally based on the ideas of Darwin, proposes an explanation for life on earth. In this theory there is no place for an…

The Invisible Script on the Visible : Mathematics

30 September 2003 | Nizamettin Yildiz | Issue 44 (October - December 2003)

Af you follow scientific magazines, you may have realized one thing: articles on mathematics are seldom published in such magazines. The major reason…

The Physical Meaning of Death

30 September 2003 | Osman Cakmak | Issue 44 (October - December 2003)

Many people perceive death as a separation from beloved ones and material belongings and consequently do not want to think about it. Every person has…

Violent Deaths of Massive Stars and the Story of Black Holes

30 September 2003 | Emin Kilic | Issue 44 (October - December 2003)

Everything started with an explosion. About 14 billion years ago, when the universe was only 10 millionths of a second old, it consisted of high ener…

Nanotechnology

30 June 2003 | Dr. Ibrahim B. Syed | Issue 43 (July - September 2003)

Islam encourages the use of science and the scientific method. Acquiring knowledge is obligatory upon every Muslim, male and female. In Islam, scienc…

The Search for Gravitational Waves

30 June 2003 | Melvin A. Lewis | Issue 43 (July - September 2003)

Gravitational waves released from cataclysmic events in our galactic neighborhood are 40 orders of magnitude weaker than Coulomb forces and are nearl…

The Amazing Olive

30 June 2003 | Dr. Musa Saracoglu | Issue 43 (July - September 2003)

People pay attention to other people or things according to the degree of their importance. Thus, if the Lord of the Universe explicitly mentions som…

How Much Water Should We Drink?

30 June 2003 | Kadir Demircan | Issue 43 (July - September 2003)

Ancient thinkers thought that existence came from four basic elements: water, earth, fire and air. Today, although we are aware of different componen…

The New Aspect of the Matter and Energy

31 March 2003 | Osman Cakmak | Issue 42 (April - June 2003)

In the early 1930s, when scientists began to penetrate the very small, they thought that they had found matter's elementary unit, for now they knew t…

The Shape of the Universe

31 March 2003 | Baris Coskun | Issue 42 (April - June 2003)

The Shape of the Earth Ancient people, considering it very important to determine Earth'shape, derived two important clues from the night skies. Acc…

The Building Blocks of Life

31 March 2003 | Dr. Selim Aydin | Issue 42 (April - June 2003)

The biological structure of living beings is based on chemical compounds formed by carbon elements bounding to other elements or to themselves. These…

The Rise of Visual Information

31 March 2003 | Tugrul Yanik | Issue 42 (April - June 2003)

Interpreting many events into visual information has become the dominant way of perceiving and learning in many fields: from psychology to chemistry…

Understanding String Theory

31 December 2002 | Dr. Ibrahim B. Syed | Issue 41 (January - March 2003)

Cosmology is the study of the universe's birth and evolution. The Standard Model of Cosmology, a widely accepted modern theory, states that some 15 b…

Metaphors in Science

30 September 2002 | Zainab Goonay | Issue 40 (October - December 2002)

Metaphors are generally considered to be poetic linguistic expressions. However, we often use symbolic language and analogies in our daily lives when…

Perfect Math in Nature

30 September 2002 | Suat Namli | Issue 40 (October - December 2002)

Although many Qur'anic verses encourage us to search for God's art in nature, probably few of us have ever taken the time to do so. For example, how…

Nature: a book to be contemplated

30 September 2002 | Dr. Zeki Saritoprak | Issue 40 (October - December 2002)

Nature is a wonderfully designed masterpiece of art. As humanity is in continuous contact with nature, our relationship with it has always been signi…

Genetic Engineering's impact on our lives

30 September 2002 | Habibe Erkin | Issue 40 (October - December 2002)

Humanity's efforts to control nature dates back as far as recorded history. However, our mastery over nature has given rise to serious concerns. Some…

From Cell to Body

30 June 2002 | Kadir Can | Issue 39 (July - September 2002)

Living creatures, which are arranged in an organization by a hierarchic system of non-living matter, are combinations of syst eachms within other. Ea…

Sufism and Quantum Physics

30 June 2002 | Dr. Ibrahim B. Syed | Issue 39 (July - September 2002)

Sufism and quantum theory have several things in common. For example, Sufis and physicists have very similar views of the world. In contrast to the W…

Face to Face With Chaos

30 June 2002 | Cemil Atilgan | Issue 39 (July - September 2002)

For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; For want of a shoe, the horse was lost; For want of a horse, the rider was lost; For want of a rider, a messag…

Dark Matter

31 March 2002 | Nuh Gedik | Issue 38 (April - June 2002)

Cosmology is the study of the universe's beginning, formation, and evolution. Humanity has devised many cosmological theories. For example, ancient…

The Beneficial Effects of Lightning

31 March 2002 | Dr. Ibrahim B. Syed | Issue 38 (April - June 2002)

The Qur'an is a book of guidance and wisdom, not of science. However, about 20 percent of its verses allude to scientific matters or natural phenomen…

Nature Has Been Destroyed

31 March 2002 | The Fountain | Issue 38 (April - June 2002)

Even though nature is an exhibition of miracles, we prefer to call it a book, for we hear and read it like a book and watch it with admiration whil…

A Journey in the Atmosphere

31 December 2001 | Osman Cakmak | Issue 37 (January - March 2002)

Those daily events to which we have become accustomed are the ones that least attract our attention and interest. For example, day follows night, sum…

Is DNA Everything?

31 December 2001 | Hikmet Erturk | Issue 37 (January - March 2002)

Over the last couple of years, we have heard a great deal about cloning, a scientific procedure that produces an exact copy of a living organism with…

The Use of Computers in Cognitive Science

31 December 2001 | Alvin C. Roseyard | Issue 37 (January - March 2002)

Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary science that draws on many fields (e.g., psychology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and philosophy)…

Laser

31 December 2001 | Kenan Gundogdu | Issue 37 (January - March 2002)

Light is one of the most important phenomena in the universe. The Creator designed many mechanisms, such as eyes, that use light as a communication t…

Biological Warfare

30 September 2001 | Josep Clay | Issue 36 (October - December 2001)

Biological warfare used to be the stuff of movies (The Andromeda Strain [1971], Outbreak [1995], 12 Monkeys [1996], Mission Impossible 2 [2000]) and…

The Socioeconomic Impact of Global Climate Change

30 September 2001 | Yusuf Ozaydin | Issue 36 (October - December 2001)

And We have made the heavens as a canopy well guarded: yet do they turn away from the Signs which these things (point to)! (Qur’an 21:32) We are…

Olfaction: Sensing the Scents

31 March 2001 | Alvin C. Roseyard | Issue 34 (April - June 2001)

Most people believe that our perception depends heavily on sight and hearing, and therefore underrate our sense of smell. As this sense is rather sub…

E-Mail Securitiy

31 March 2001 | Ali Bicak | Issue 34 (April - June 2001)

E-mail, now the most pervasive Internet service available, began to be used by people even before they discovered the Web. Messaging Online states th…

Synergy and Complementarity in the Universe

31 December 2000 | Dr. S. Unlu | Issue 33 (January - March 2001)

The far-reaching relationships between and among all living and non-living beings leaves one awestruck. Reflecting on these relationships, we see a u…

Symmetry, Asymmetry, and Supersymmetry

31 December 2000 | Zainab Goonay | Issue 33 (January - March 2001)

Scientists have discovered that nature contains symmetry in such things as butterflies, snowflakes, and faces, as well as in its own laws. They also…

A Falling Rock

30 June 2000 | Ali Kaya | Issue 31 (July - September 2000)

Any observant person recognizes that there is a magnificent, astonishing, and unbelievable order in the universe and what happens within it. Moreover…

Computer And Video Games And Violence

30 June 2000 | Saken Sherkhanov | Issue 31 (July - September 2000)

Our world continues to advance rapidly, especially when it concerns technology. As computerization has many aspects, and since everyday routines revo…

Journeying Intelligently

30 June 2000 | Dr. B. Gunay | Issue 31 (July - September 2000)

Nearly a century after Henry Ford’s Model T allowed almost everyone to drive, the motor vehicle industry is entering a new stage. Mobile computers (s…

Trends In Energy Markets In The Near Future

30 June 2000 | Yusuf Toprak | Issue 31 (July - September 2000)

As we enter the new millennium, economic growth and technological progress seem to be promising in most developing countries. However, whether their…

Digital Geography

31 March 2000 | Halil I. Tas | Issue 30 (April - June 2000)

"Knowing where things are and why is essential to rational decision making." Jack Dangermond Geography matters in almost everything we do, where…

Quantum Consciousness

31 March 2000 | Sule Atahan | Issue 30 (April - June 2000)

The human mind is the greatest, most complex and mysterious concept in the universe. And quantum mechanics, the most astonishing, perplexing, and har…

The Internet and Educational Tools

31 March 2000 | Christine Mathews | Issue 30 (April - June 2000)

The World Wide Web has been growing at a phenomenal rate. It contains a vast array of information ranging from news to government information, from e…

The Wonder of the Snowflake

31 December 1999 | Suzan Mutlu | Issue 29 (January - March 2000)

Many things are beyond our limited scope of hearing and sight. However, with the development and advancement of technology, to our amazement, we are…

Interpreting Dreams

31 December 1999 | John Young | Issue 29 (January - March 2000)

INTRODUCTION Before giving information on dream interpretation, it is necessary to expound on the issues of sleep and dreams, because without knowin…

Smart Structures

31 December 1999 | Necmi Mutlu | Issue 29 (January - March 2000)

THE NEXT STEP IN ENGINEERING Smart structures can sense changes in their environment and respond accordingly. These adaptive structures can autonomo…

The Next Great Frontier For Wireless Communication

30 September 1999 | Burak Yalcin | Issue 28 (October - December 1999)

There has been an explosive growth in the use of wireless communication systems in recent years. The demand for such wireless services as mobile cell…

The Brain: A Galaxy Of Neurons

30 September 1999 | Murat Sonmez | Issue 28 (October - December 1999)

We are fascinated by the universe and its stars. We want to know how the universe was formed, how the stars move, and how limitless the universe is…

Electronic Noses

30 September 1999 | Berk Sar | Issue 28 (October - December 1999)

Although the least understood human sense is that of smell, it is perhaps the most interesting one. Indeed, the human nose is used routinely as an an…

Truly Celebrating Cultural Diversity

30 September 1999 | M. Ali Ozturk | Issue 28 (October - December 1999)

One of the most discussed phenomena in contemporary American sociological and educational circles is cultural diversity. In broad terms, this concept…

The Problem Of Sampling In Various Sciences

30 September 1999 | Alvin C. Roseyard | Issue 28 (October - December 1999)

Conducting a survey is basically an act of investigating the behavior, opinions, characteristics, and other elements of a group of entities usually b…

Cybermath: Using The Internet As A Math Tool

30 September 1999 | Ercan Demiroz | Issue 28 (October - December 1999)

Over the last decade, the Internet has impacted every aspect of our lives. It is now easy to perform very complicated tasks from your computer deskto…

Evaluating The Theory Of Evolution

30 June 1999 | Alvin C. Roseyard | Issue 27 (July - September 1999)

The word "evolution" comes from the Latin verb volvere, meaning "to roll, wind, turn around, or twist around." In the last two centuries, the word ha…

Common Ground Between Islam And Christianity

30 June 1999 | Charles Nelson | Issue 27 (July - September 1999)

For many, Islam and Christianity have little in common. More than a few Christians misperceive Islam as a religion of the sword and of oppression, wh…

The Necessity Of Dialogue

30 June 1999 | Mike Leterfield | Issue 27 (July - September 1999)

The word "dialogue" derives from two roots: "dia" means "through" and "logos" comprises many overlapping semantic fields and signifies, among others…

The Electronic Tongue

30 June 1999 | Berk Sar | Issue 27 (July - September 1999)

Our sense of taste results from our tongue’s ability to identify sweet, salty, bitter, and sour substances. Different substances stimulate unique com…

Miraculous Animals: Senses

30 June 1999 | Suzan Mutlu | Issue 27 (July - September 1999)

Animals are spectacular creations. Not only do they have their unique shapes, sizes, colors, and attributes, but also they have incredible senses tha…

A Caspian Pipeline Decision

30 June 1999 | Yusuf Toprak | Issue 27 (July - September 1999)

During the last 5 years, there has been-and still is-an ongoing debate on how to exploit oil and gas reserves in newly-emerged Central Asian republic…

Educating Our Minds

30 June 1999 | Seyda Okcu | Issue 27 (July - September 1999)

We can build a strong, healthy, and well-formed body through body-building exercises. This raises the following question: If we can "educate" our bod…

Advances In Radar Imaging

30 June 1999 | Ercan Demiroz | Issue 27 (July - September 1999)

WHAT IS RADAR? Radar, a contraction of the words radio detection and ranging, is an electronic device for detecting and locating objects. It operate…

Human Clones: An Islamic View

31 March 1999 | Abdulaziz Sachedina | Issue 26 (April - June 1999)

In the present article1 I will attempt to summarize a wide range of opinions that have emerged among the scholars of Islamic law and theology in its…

Future Telecommunication Networks

31 December 1998 | I. Erturk | Issue 25 (January - March 1999)

Over the last two decades telecommunications technology has evolved dramatically from analog to the new digital systems. Where once only voice transm…

The Myth Collapses: The Theory of Evolution

30 September 1998 | The Fountain | Issue 24 (October - December 1998)

An embarrassing fabrication of evolutionists: The reconstruction of Piltdown man from the chin of an orangutan and a man’s skull. In the West, th…

The Universe in the Light of Modern Physics

30 September 1998 | Salih Adem | Issue 24 (October - December 1998)

‘The least understood aspect of the universe is its being understandable,’ said Einstein. These words attempt to pierce the veil of habit that devel…

Earth: A Corner of the Universe Touched by Mercy

30 September 1998 | Dr. S. Unlu | Issue 24 (October - December 1998)

The worth of ‘ecosystem services’ has recently been priced at $33 trillion total per year (Nature 1997, vol. 387, p.253). But can money truly buy our…

Prenatal Diagnosis: Watching Unborn Babies

30 June 1998 | Dr. S. Aksoy | Issue 23 (July - September 1998)

For many parents, pregnancy is an exciting and happy experience. For others, the experience of friends or family make them apprehensive that their ba…

Two Different Fields for Science and Religion

31 March 1998 | Ali Unal | Issue 22 (April - June 1998)

Christianity did not develop as a comprehensive religion encompassing all fields of life but as a set of spiritual and moral values with some bearing…

Genetic Counselling and Genetic Diseases: An Islamic Perspective

31 March 1998 | Dr. Muhammed Ali Albar | Issue 22 (April - June 1998)

Qualifications and task of the counsellor Genetic counselling is the process whereby an individual or family obtain advice and information about a g…

Soil Salinity a Problem of Icreasing Impact on Global Agriculture

31 March 1998 | Dr. Muhammad Tariq Chaudhary | Issue 22 (April - June 1998)

Qualifications and task of the counsellor Genetic counselling is the process whereby an individual or family obtain advice and information about a g…

The Clash in the Heavens: The Discourse of The Stars

31 March 1998 | H. Adam | Issue 22 (April - June 1998)

Listen to the stars and heed their beautiful sermons, See what is written in these luminous missives of Wisdom: They are all delivering together th…

Dna Based Computers

31 March 1998 | Tankut Yalcinoz | Issue 22 (April - June 1998)

In 1949 researchers believed that ‘Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.’ Of course, we have come a long way since then, but the u…

Diary of A HoneyBee

31 December 1997 | Umit Simsek | Issue 21 (January - March 1998)

Day 1 - (around May 5 of your calendar) - I am a white egg hardly bigger than the fullstop at the end of this sentence. Yet, do not despise me for I…

Plant Biotechnology for The Next Century

31 December 1997 | Suleyman Cenkci | Issue 21 (January - March 1998)

The earth’s human population is expected to pass 6 billion people at the beginning of the next century. The consequences for adequate food supply and…

Is The Brain The Origin of Man's Mind?

31 December 1997 | Alexa Kopil | Issue 21 (January - March 1998)

Artificial Intelligence or Al is among the most recently advanced scientific concepts. The associated field of study has been defined as follows: ‘th…

Islamic Ethics

31 December 1997 | Dr. S. Aksoy | Issue 21 (January - March 1998)

In the Islamic tradition, the basis of society or its main cohesive influence is not the power of the state or other coercive authority, but the comm…

Reflections on Robionson Crusoe

31 December 1997 | F. B. Rahim | Issue 21 (January - March 1998)

Part I: The Myth and the Novel The popularity of Crusoe Excepting the Gospel narrative, no story has so dominated the imagination of Europe as Robi…

Generating Electricity from the Sun

30 September 1997 | Tankut Yalcinoz | Issue 20 (October - December 1997)

Introduction In recent years, we have realized that the world's supplies of coal, gas and oil are limited. Nuclear power has been used as an alterna…

Causality and the Qur'anic world-view

30 September 1997 | Y. Mermer | Issue 20 (October - December 1997)

The universe has been made in the form of a book, intelligible, so as to make known its Author. The book addresses man. The aim is to make him read t…

The sub-atomic World and Creation

30 September 1997 | Dr. Senol Ersin | Issue 20 (October - December 1997)

Out of the three famous papers that Albert Einstein published in 1905, On a Heuristic Point of View Concerning the Production and Transformation of L…

The Styles Of The Qur'an And The Movement Of The Sun

30 September 1997 | Useyd Salihi | Issue 20 (October - December 1997)

The Qur'an has four essential aims: explaining and proving Divine Existence and Unity, the Resurrection, Prophethood and Divine worship and justice…

Genetic Engineering And Islamic Law

30 September 1997 | Muaz Muallah | Issue 20 (October - December 1997)

Recombinant DNA technology has not developed quickly. Only after decades of basic research and the accumulation of extensive knowledge did the curren…

The Governor With Four Faults

30 September 1997 | A. Sahin | Issue 20 (October - December 1997)

The second Caliph after the Prophet Muhammad, upon him be peace and blessings, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab has a world-wide reputation for justice and simpl…

Transgenic Technology and Religion

30 June 1997 | U. Akyuz | Issue 19 (July - September 1997)

Nuclear transfer is used in mammals as both a tool for embryonic studies and as a method for the multiplication of ‘elite’ embryos. It involves trans…

Mathematics is Real: Why and How?

30 June 1997 | Bayram Yenikaya | Issue 19 (July - September 1997)

It is said that on the door to Aristotle’s dwelling was written: ‘One who does not know mathematics cannot enter.’ I do not know whether this means t…

Birds: Colurful Guests in our World

30 June 1997 | Ismail Tavaci | Issue 19 (July - September 1997)

Everything in nature is balanced and created according to laws, proportion, and measure. Nothing in the world is created in vain; rather, all things…

Die and Let Live or Life Through Death

31 March 1997 | F. Begum Cicek | Issue 18 (April - June 1997)

What is more amazing than the human body of which we are the trustees? Right from conception to the last breath we draw, our bodies function without…

Energy Saving With Skylights

31 December 1996 | Y. Cerci | Issue 17 (January - March 1997)

In our homes we use electric lights only until the sun is high enough; the sun’s light is ‘free’ and we use it until the sun goes down, when we switc…

The Quranic Approach To Science

30 September 1996 | Ali Unal | Issue 16 (October - December 1996)

In order to understand the relationship between Islam and science, the following analogy may be apposite:For an author to write a book, he should fir…

Industrial Robots

30 September 1996 | Suat Yildirim | Issue 16 (October - December 1996)

1. Introduction The word ‘robot’ was first used in the 1922 play R.U.R. by the Czech playwright Karel Capek: the title is an acronym for Rossum’s Un…

The Qur'an And Established Scientific Facts

30 June 1996 | Ali Unal | Issue 15 (July - September 1996)

It is another argument for the Divine authorship of the Qur’an that it refers to certain facts of creation recently established by modern scientific…

Paper / Plastic Rubbish And The Environment

30 June 1996 | T. E. Yildirim | Issue 15 (July - September 1996)

Waste or rubbish has not always been the major nuisance in human societies that it is today, as Judd H. Alexander (1993, p. 1) observes in his book I…

Cross Cultural Communication: A Foreign Language Perspective

30 June 1996 | Dr. Martin Cortazzi | Issue 15 (July - September 1996)

To be aware of issues in cross-cultural communication is becoming increasingly important. Any of us may travel or meet travellers. We may work with m…

Migration

31 March 1996 | M. Koyuncu | Issue 14 (April - June 1996)

Think of yourself as pilot of a light aircraft confronted with the task of completing, in one or two months, a journey involving 50 to 200 hours of f…

Spiders: Master Hunters

31 March 1996 | P. Allister | Issue 14 (April - June 1996)

Spiders are a species of arachnids in the family of animals called anthropods. All spiders are predatory, feeding mainly on insects, and are very eff…

The Extraordinary Virtues of Mucus

31 March 1996 | N. Aksoy | Issue 14 (April - June 1996)

Mucus is our first barrier against the outside world. It is found on the luminal side of most epithelial surfaces, for instance the mouth, respirator…

The Wonder of Rain

31 December 1995 | H. Baki | Issue 13 (January - March 1996)

Who sends down rain from the sky in due measure-and We raise to life therewith a dead land; even so will you be raised [from the dead]. (Zukhruf,43…

Sociobiology

31 December 1995 | N. Butt | Issue 13 (January - March 1996)

In all biological systems, the organism of the future is encoded in the macro molecular structure of DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid). It is this molecula…

Health Care For The Elderly

31 December 1995 | N. Butt | Issue 13 (January - March 1996)

The dramatic growth in the number of elderly people is one of the most remarkable features of industrial societies in this century. People are living…

Change Or Choice: Is The Universe An Accident

30 September 1995 | B. Gonul | Issue 12 (October - December 1995)

Our understanding of the genesis and evolution of the universe is one of the great achievements of 20th century science. The knowledge upon which it…

Ecology And Man

30 September 1995 | Sebnem Unlu | Issue 12 (October - December 1995)

Our environment comprises all the living and non-living creatures on this planet and around it which are all interconnected and interdependent, and i…

Ants and Their Guests

30 June 1995 | Y. Yilmaz | Issue 11 (July - September 1995)

There are a great number of wonders in nature waiting to be understood. One of them is the communication between ants and their guests. Bert Hölldobl…

Islam and Science

03 January 1995 | Dr. Riffat Hassan | Issue 10 (April - June 1995)

Some Muslims accept the widespread view that modern science is a 'secular' enterprise. However, this attitude conflicts with the approach to seeking…

Should We Exploit The Last Wilderness?

03 January 1995 | M. A. Sayar | Issue 10 (April - June 1995)

Antarctica is rich, it is beautiful and not yet fully exploited. As commercial interest increases, with the discovery of natural resources, 'developi…

The Secret of Dimensions

03 January 1995 | Dr. H. Nurbaki | Issue 10 (April - June 1995)

The beginning of the verse proclaims that God is the only Deity of the heavens, the earth, and all in between: He is the Lord of the heavens and of…

Comets of Ice

03 January 1995 | Dr. Ibrahim B. Syed | Issue 10 (April - June 1995)

When we ponder the phenomena of the universe, we see new insights into God's words. When we contemplate God's words, we get a deeper understanding of…

Putting Plutonium Back In The Bottle

31 December 1994 | A. Joseph | Issue 9 (January - March 1995)

How much plutonium is being smuggled around the world? What would happen if plutonium was more widely available? Is there sufficient control over nuc…

Catastrophes Of The Earth

31 December 1994 | P. Allister | Issue 9 (January - March 1995)

It seems that almost everyday the media brings us news of a disaster and resultant death toll. These events occur throughout the world in various for…

Islam and Science

31 December 1994 | A. Kiyimba | Issue 9 (January - March 1995)

Polarization of Muslim opinion The relationship between Islam and Science has been a point of scholarly discussion for a long time. Seven hundred ye…

Islam And Science

09 January 1994 | Y. Mermer | Issue 8 (October - December 1994)

We attain to that worship, in pan, by discovering through scientific inquiry the order in the book of the universe, its operative functions and relat…

Why DNA?

09 January 1994 | Dr. M. Konuk | Issue 8 (October - December 1994)

Media interest in cloning dinosaurs lasted a couple of months following the adaptation of Michael Crichton's best-selling novel Jurassic Park as a St…

A Subtlety of The Qur'an The Secrets of The Atmosphere

06 January 1994 | Dr. H. Nurbaki | Issue 7 (July - September 1994)

Then He applied His design or turned to the sky (or heaven) which was yet but smoke (Arabic: dukhan) and said to it and to the earth, ‘Come, both of…

Human Visual System and Machine System

06 January 1994 | M. S. Aksoy | Issue 7 (July - September 1994)

Of the five senses - vision, hearing, smell, taste and touch - vision is undoubtedly the one that man has come to depend upon above all others and in…

Precise Timing in a Microcontroller and in the Universe

03 January 1994 | V. Karsli | Issue 6 (April - June 1994)

The 80C196KC is a 16-bit micro controller of the MCS-96 family produced by INTEL. It operates at 16 MHz with high performance. It has the capability…

Patenting Plants and Animals

03 January 1994 | M. S. Ozcan | Issue 6 (April - June 1994)

Should plants or animals altered by microbiological manipulation be patentable in the same way as, say, modifications of penicillin are. There has b…

The Language of Bees

03 January 1994 | Y. Yilmaz | Issue 6 (April - June 1994)

In 1788, Pastor Earnest Spitzner witnessed an amazing fact: When a Carniolan honeybee finds a good supply of pollen, she returns to the hive and ther…

Optical Computers: A Dream or Reality?

03 January 1994 | N. Delen | Issue 6 (April - June 1994)

The first functional optical processor was built at AT&T Bell laboratories with the hope that one day light would replace electricity in high spe…

Scientific Discoveries: A Novel Perspective

31 December 1993 | M. Temiz | Issue 5 (January - March 1994)

What do penicillin, Teflon, X-rays and insulin have in common? A prominent thinker of our age, while explaining the purpose in the creation of man, e…

Genetic Engineering: Quo Vadis?

31 December 1993 | M. A. Sayar | Issue 5 (January - March 1994)

It was only after Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park had become the most watched movie of all time that we have started to consider how genetic enginee…

The delicate balance of life on earth

31 December 1993 | Dr. H. Nurbaki | Issue 5 (January - March 1994)

It is difficult, on first reading, to divine the great scientific message imparted by this verse. The scientific description of the earth contained i…

The Conflict of Civilizations

31 December 1993 | A. Joseph | Issue 5 (January - March 1994)

World politics is entering a new phase, and commentators have not been slow to express their visions of what it will be–the ‘end of history’, the ret…

Artificial Intellegence: A Different Approach

09 January 1993 | M. S. Aksoy | Issue 4 (October - December 1993)

People give different answers when asked what ‘intelligence’ means. Some say it means ‘knowing a lot’; others say ‘thinking quickly’; or ‘putting thi…

Outer space: Mankind's new frontier

09 January 1993 | M. A. Sayar | Issue 4 (October - December 1993)

It is barely three and a half decades since the Soviet Sputnik entered orbit in 1957. It was taken that space, long regarded as the last frontier, be…

The mystery of hibernation

09 January 1993 | Dr. S. E. Konuk | Issue 4 (October - December 1993)

Hibernation or ‘winter sleep’ how and why it happens is one of the mysteries of nature that has fascinated observers since the time of Aristotle. It…

Honey: A Healing for Mankind Throughout The Ages

06 January 1993 | Dr. M. Y Kamaruddin | Issue 3 (July - September 1993)

INTRODUCTION There is a natural healing power in honey of great benefit to man. This is affirmed in verses 68-9 of sura al-Nahl in the Qur’an: And y…

Agrobacterium: A Natural Genetic Engineer of Plants

06 January 1993 | S. Ozcan | Issue 3 (July - September 1993)

Plants are the key to life on earth. They are, directly or indirectly, the primary source of energy for all terrestrial animals; for instance plants…

Factory of Future

06 January 1993 | M. Gulesin | Issue 3 (July - September 1993)

Artificial Intelligence is a promising approach to automating process planning. Expert Systems or Intelligent Knowledge Based Systems are able to aut…

The Secret of Vitality in The Soil

06 January 1993 | Dr. H. Nurbaki | Issue 3 (July - September 1993)

And a sign for them is the earth that is dead: We give it life and We bring forth from it grain, so from it they eat.(36.33) There are a number of…

The Tragedy of the Amazon

06 January 1993 | M. A. Sayar | Issue 3 (July - September 1993)

The Amazon tropical rainforest is the largest in the world, spanning nine Latin American countries-Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuel…

The Sun

06 January 1993 | Dr. Isa Sarac | Issue 3 (July - September 1993)

Surely every person at some time looks up at the sun and moon and the brilliant stars and asks, who positioned all these so perfectly on the face o…

Is technology a common heritage of all mankind?

03 January 1993 | M. A. Sayar | Issue 2 (April - June 1993)

INTRODUCTION Technology can be referred to as the systematic knowledge for manufacture of a product, for the application of a process or for the int…

Water and Vitality

03 January 1993 | Dr. R. Ileri | Issue 2 (April - June 1993)

Water is a common liquid which forms rain, river, sea etc. and which constitutes a large part of the mass of all organic bodies. Water is essential t…

Birds and aeroplanes

03 January 1993 | Peter J. Alister | Issue 2 (April - June 1993)

Flying techniques depend on the principles of aerodynamics. Reducing air pressure and friction against body and wings requires perfect aerodynamic st…

Biology and Religion

03 January 1993 | Dr. I. Yilmaz | Issue 2 (April - June 1993)

Today, as the prestige of materialism and atheism declines, more and more scientists believe that religion is so essential it cannot be abandoned. Ma…

The stewardship ethic: A feasible solution for ecological crises

03 January 1993 | K. Baslar | Issue 2 (April - June 1993)

The reason that new and modified legislation to protect the environment fails to deal with the increasing number of global environmental crises is th…

From the Blue to the Red Planet

03 January 1993 | O. Ergi | Issue 2 (April - June 1993)

A question that must at some time cross the mind of every intelligent human being, does this tiny planet (earth) in the solar system - which is a dot…

A compassionate subtlety in nature

03 January 1993 | Dr. S. E. Konuk | Issue 2 (April - June 1993)

The idea that plants produce some animal hormones sounds like science-fiction, especially when you consider how different the hormone system is in pl…

Our common environment

31 December 1992 | Dr. R. Ileri | Issue 1 (January - March 1993)

Environment is whatever outside an organism surrounds it and in which it lives. It may be a geographical region, a certain climatic condition, the po…

Water for life

31 December 1992 | Peter J. Alister | Issue 1 (January - March 1993)

There are about 1,360 million cubic kilometres of water on the earth. If all the water, on the planet; from oceans, lakes, rivers, the atmosphere, un…

Come-back for a traditional remedy?

31 December 1992 | Dr. S. E. Konuk | Issue 1 (January - March 1993)

The evening primrose, oenothera spp., is not in fact a primrose but is related to the garden flowers clarkia and gotedia and also to the rose bay wil…

Regrets About Science and Technology

31 December 1992 | Hikmet Isik | Issue 1 (January - March 1993)

Today, we are as exposed to great calamities and dangers as we have open to us great possibilities and hopes. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries…

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