Siheli Siyathra
The Pharaoh's Tomb
It was the 31st of October. Mary was skipping along a wide, curved road. It was almost always hot in Egypt, but today was unnaturally...
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Siheli Siyathra
- Oct 30, 2021
- 1 min
Fun With Paradoxes
#1 The Liar’s Paradox Consider this sentence: “This sentence is false.” If this sentence is true, then it’s false. But if it’s false,...
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Siheli Siyathra
- Oct 27, 2021
- 2 min
Creature of the Night
Mary and Jane were waiting at the end of the street for Mary’s brother, James. He was unnaturally late. They had to wait because Mary...
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Siheli Siyathra
- Oct 27, 2021
- 1 min
Tarquin's Tomb
I felt extremely nervous as we reached the entrance. Near a trapdoor, the name ‘Lucius Tarquinius Superbus’ was inscribed on a stone...
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Siheli Siyathra
- Oct 25, 2021
- 3 min
Covid-19 Variants
On November 5th, 2020, the United Kingdom went into lockdown. They were trying to control a spike in Covid-19 cases. And, if you look at...
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Siheli Siyathra
- Oct 24, 2021
- 2 min
The Ring of Fire
There’s been a lot of volcanic activity lately. Mount Mayon in the Philippines erupted in January 2018. It continued for over a month. In...
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Siheli Siyathra
- Oct 19, 2021
- 2 min
Net Of The Dreamweaver
As soon as I fell asleep, it began. I was in the middle of a large labyrinth that twisted and turned in every direction. I recognized it:...
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Siheli Siyathra
- Oct 15, 2021
- 3 min
The Destruction Of Pompeii
Mount Vesuvius - the volcano that wiped a city off the face of the Earth. Most people think that the worst part of this eruption was the...
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Siheli Siyathra
- Oct 14, 2021
- 2 min
My Bizarre Monday
It was just another boring Monday. I wasn’t expecting anything extraordinary. Just the usual getting ready in a hurry and worrying about...
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Siheli Siyathra
- Oct 13, 2021
- 4 min
The Fermi Paradox
Are we the only living things in the entire universe? The observable universe is about 90 billion light-years in diameter. There are at...
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Siheli Siyathra
- Oct 11, 2021
- 4 min
The Story Of The Titanic
On April 14th 1912, at 11.40 pm, RMS Titanic had a terrible accident. By 2.20 pm, the biggest ship of its time had completely disappeared...
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Siheli Siyathra
- Oct 9, 2021
- 2 min
Mythical Creatures From Ancient Greece
The hydra was a seven-headed serpent with four legs. Its middle head could breathe fire while the other heads were extremely poisonous. A...
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Siheli Siyathra
- Oct 8, 2021
- 1 min
Sloths: The Laziest Animals To Be Known
Sloths are herbivorous mammals that live in Central and South America. The sloth is related to the armadillos and anteaters. The poor...
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Siheli Siyathra
- Oct 1, 2021
- 3 min
Juliane Koepcke
The following is a true story. Juliane Koepcke had just graduated from school when her mother decided to go to the Amazon to meet her...
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Siheli Siyathra
- Sep 25, 2021
- 3 min
Tantalus and Sisyphus
According to Greek mythology, after mortals died, their souls were sent to the Underworld. Before the gods were created, the Afterlife...
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Siheli Siyathra
- Sep 18, 2021
- 2 min
The Four Main Deities of Egyptian Mythology
#1 Ra: God of Sun and Radiance Ra is the god of midday. He plays an important role in Egyptian Mythology. Ra has a sun disc around his...
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Siheli Siyathra
- Sep 18, 2021
- 3 min
Black Holes
Stars are incredibly massive collections of mostly hydrogen atoms. They collapsed from a giant gas cloud under their own gravity. At...
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Siheli Siyathra
- Sep 12, 2021
- 3 min
Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Matter, as we know it: atoms, stars, galaxies, planets, trees, rocks, and us. The known matter accounts for about 5% of the universe....
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Siheli Siyathra
- Sep 11, 2021
- 4 min
What If The Earth Turned Into Gold?
Let’s say that Midas existed in real life. Midas was the king who was cursed so that everything he touched turned into gold. Midas’s...
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Siheli Siyathra
- Sep 11, 2021
- 3 min
The Day Dinosaurs Died
One of the greatest illusions in life is continuity. 66 million years ago, the continuity of dinosaurs had been going on for about 165...
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