Areeba Umair
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Writing stories that blend fiction and history, exploring the past with a touch of imagination.
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Our Closest Neighbour: Is This the 'Second Earth' We've Been Waiting For?
Every time astronomers announce the discovery of a potentially habitable planet, our hopes fly high. They say, "This place could have liquid water and maybe even alien life!" But then reality hits: the planet is usually some 10 zillion light-years away, utterly unreachable with our current technology.
By Areeba Umair3 months ago in FYI
The Persistent Clues: Did a Great Flood Really Happen?
The story of a devastating global flood, so great it wiped out all life except for a select few, is most famously told in the Book of Genesis. While many today treat the “Great Flood” as a simple myth, the evidence scattered across history and geology drops some pretty compelling hints that this worldwide disaster might have actually occurred.
By Areeba Umair3 months ago in FYI
Clues to Civilisations Older Than We Think
We’re often taught that the story of modern humans only goes back about 200,000 years, with the oldest known civilisations, like those in Egypt, Rome, or China, peaking around 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. But what if that timeline is way off? What if incredibly advanced societies thrived long before that? Our history books might be blank on this, yet there are fascinating clues suggesting advanced prehistoric civilisations could have existed even millions of years ago.
By Areeba Umair3 months ago in FYI
Have We Been Visited Before?
I’ve been curious about this topic for ages, and I’ve said it before: I absolutely believe in extraterrestrials. It just seems logical that intelligent life exists somewhere else in this vast universe. There are so many subtle, and sometimes not-so-subtle, clues out there that seem to point to the fact that we are not alone.
By Areeba Umair3 months ago in FYI
Earth: Still a Mystery After All These Years
It can often feel like we’ve uncovered every last secret about our planet. We’re constantly looking to the stars for new worlds to explore, but in reality, there’s still a significant amount of mystery right here beneath our feet and all around us. When we take a closer look at some fundamental things about Earth, it’s clear we still have a lot to learn.
By Areeba Umair3 months ago in FYI
King Tut’s Out-of-This-World Blade
Researchers love digging up old bodies and taking away everything they’re buried with in the name of science. So, back in the 1920s, when scientists discovered the cursed tomb of King Tutankhamun (and yes, it’s cursed, but we’ll get to that later), they naturally hauled off all his priceless treasures.
By Areeba Umair3 months ago in FYI
Has Time Travel Already Happened?
When we think about time travel, our minds often jump to sci-fi movies or the hypothetical ‘butterfly effect’, the idea of what we might change in history if we could. But let’s pause for a moment and consider a more intriguing question: Is time travel currently possible, and have people already done it without realizing?
By Areeba Umair3 months ago in FYI
Living Without a Heart
It’s a pretty intense thought: how long can you actually live without your heart beating? Most doctors will tell you that after about three to four minutes without a heartbeat, meaning no blood circulation and no oxygen supply, your brain cells start to die.
By Areeba Umair3 months ago in FYI
Spooky Saviors: Ghosts Who May Have Saved Lives
Ghosts. Maybe they don’t mean to be terrifying, but often, they are. Think about it: if you wanted someone to do you a favor, wouldn’t you just walk up to them nicely in a well-lit public space and ask? Is it really necessary to suddenly appear in a horrifying way, or, in one famous example, throw up all over someone’s tent before grabbing them from under the bed?
By Areeba Umair3 months ago in FYI
What Google Earth Isn’t Showing You
Google Earth is an incredible tool, letting us virtually wander almost anywhere on the globe right from our living rooms. But as comprehensive as it seems, there are some places the service keeps hidden from us, whether by blurring, editing, or completely blacking them out.
By Areeba Umair3 months ago in FYI
