I spent this year’s #earthday weekend at a bookstore re-reading some of my favourite chapters from the book “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster” by Bill Gates in order to learn more about the current state of climate change and seek a little inspiration ahead of one of the projects I am planning to undertake as well as bolster my understanding on how to help push the frontier of innovation to bring about much-needed breakthroughs as a budding scientist and engineer.
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The Sodium-Ion Battery
For a long time, the world has relied on Lithium-Ion batteries for energy storage, but research into Sodium-Ion batteries has been gathering pace over the last decade and that should surprise no one.
Lithium-Ion batteries are unmatched in their performance, but in a world where some of the raw materials required to meet our energy production, storage, and transportation demands are rapidly becoming scarce and expensive, a new champion material must arise to meet the sustainable and clean energy storage challenges that have been presented to us. And this champion could be the Sodium-Ion battery.
Mutations
While the world races to get as many people fully vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, a new challenge is beginning to arise- the possibility of rapid virus mutations and variations that could possibly alter the course of our race to end COVID-19…
Inoculated
The first of a three part series on all you need to know about COVID-19 vaccines technology, efficacy and how effective these vaccines are against the new variants.
#noplanetB
Do not be afraid to start today, to take a step towards improving our planet and finding the seemingly small ways that you can align your purpose with the needs of our planet. Let this earth day and my story inspire you to start today and be a change maker in your community, uniting and inspiring others to also play their roles and help save Mother Earth. We are because she is, let’s not forget that.
Happy Earth Day 2021
The Great Return
“I will breakdown the facts and objective truths and make them easier for you to understand….”
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Searching for Treasures
An upcoming series on conservation from the perspective of a young upcoming youth conservationist.
Happy 1 Year Anniversary Sparky!
KING’S DEAD
A call for ideas on how we can save the lion and other species before it’s too late. As we look forward to World Lion Day tomorrow!
THE AGE OF AI
Part 1: What is Artificial Intelligence and where did it all begin? As soon as computers came into our world, scientists began to think on how they would revolutionize our world and the impact they would make to how we live. Even as far back as Aristotle introducing the idea of associationism in 300BC and …
Sparky Science 