Why science tries to understand trivial things about nature
Before getting to know about science, if a friend approached me with a story on a new scientific breakthrough, probably scientists' discovery of black not being a colour, what comes to mind at that point is, "Is that really an achievement, who gives a damn whether black is a colour or not". At that time to me, it simply does not worth the sweat. Do you think like that too? Okay, let me explain why those seemingly trivial things are important too.
The study of plant's mode of manufacturing their own food has been one of the amazing breakthroughs and currently, studies and research are going on to mimic the plant's way of manufacturing food to make the earth a better place to live. Artificial photosynthesis is the science method of mimicking plant's natural photosynthesis. As you all know, human activity through industrial revolution down to the present day has resulted in global warming of the world—emission of greenhouse gases of which carbon dioxide is major component( about 60%).
Carbon dioxide intake by plants in their food manufacturing process has helped to reduce the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But the sad story is nature's way is no human's way. The rate of carbon dioxide production far outweighs the amount nature can use and recycle. So this has been what birthed the move towards artificial photosynthesis to supplement nature's way and reduce carbon emissions to make the world a better place.
What am I trying to draw from this, the discovery of plant method of feeding though might be some of the trivial things not worth bothering about, its knowledge is now seeming resourceful in that it will help mother earth overcome one of its problems—global warming.
I also wrote an article on black not being a colour. If you want to read that, click here. It tells why the discovery of black as absence of colour is been made useful in technological innovations. The next time you here about scientific explorations into stuffs that on a norm, are often ignored by everyone, then you should begin to think in this manner, "an amazing discovery could emerge and it could be a total world changer!
The study of plant's mode of manufacturing their own food has been one of the amazing breakthroughs and currently, studies and research are going on to mimic the plant's way of manufacturing food to make the earth a better place to live. Artificial photosynthesis is the science method of mimicking plant's natural photosynthesis. As you all know, human activity through industrial revolution down to the present day has resulted in global warming of the world—emission of greenhouse gases of which carbon dioxide is major component( about 60%).
Carbon dioxide intake by plants in their food manufacturing process has helped to reduce the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But the sad story is nature's way is no human's way. The rate of carbon dioxide production far outweighs the amount nature can use and recycle. So this has been what birthed the move towards artificial photosynthesis to supplement nature's way and reduce carbon emissions to make the world a better place.
What am I trying to draw from this, the discovery of plant method of feeding though might be some of the trivial things not worth bothering about, its knowledge is now seeming resourceful in that it will help mother earth overcome one of its problems—global warming.
I also wrote an article on black not being a colour. If you want to read that, click here. It tells why the discovery of black as absence of colour is been made useful in technological innovations. The next time you here about scientific explorations into stuffs that on a norm, are often ignored by everyone, then you should begin to think in this manner, "an amazing discovery could emerge and it could be a total world changer!
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