Science Monkey

 🐬 Sound, Cells, and the Secret Language of the Ocean I’ve always been fascinated by the way animals communicate — but something about dolphins stands out. They're not just cute or clever; there’s something alien-level about their intelligence. When I learned they use high-frequency sound to communicate , it sent me spiraling down a rabbit hole of questions: What else are they using sound for? Is it just for "talking" — or could there be something more… something biological ? I started wondering: If humans can be healed, calmed, or even cognitively influenced by sound (as some research in neuroplasticity, sleep studies, and cell reprogramming suggests)… Could dolphins be doing something similar — naturally, every day — using sound as a healing tool? Vertical vs Horizontal Language Something that struck me during this exploration was how humans speak linearly — one word after another. But dolphins? They seem to layer sounds: clicks, whistles, body movements, even ...

There was a moment recently when I was flipping through my IB Chemistry book, just going back to basics for a bit of revision, when I came across something we all learn early on: atoms can neither be created nor destroyed . That line stopped me in my tracks. It felt so final. So absolute. But then I thought, wait—if they can’t be created or destroyed, where did they even come from in the first place? That one thought opened a whole door in my mind. If atoms are always there, or at least the energy that forms them is always there, then what did the Big Bang actually do? Did it create matter? No—it couldn’t have, right? So maybe it didn’t create matter or energy. Maybe it just spread it out . That was the first moment I began to rethink what cosmic expansion might actually mean. Where Does Matter Go When the Universe Expands? Cosmic expansion is a well-accepted idea, especially following the discovery that galaxies are moving away from each other. Scientists say that space itself is expa...