COVID-19 has upended the lives of billions of people across the globe up to date. As the virus surges in an unprecedented manner, scientists along with medical professionals are mobilizing in a united effort to confront and delay its spread. The goal is not only to “flatten the curve” but also “crush the curve” within Sri Lankan boundaries and beyond, ...
With her fingers wrapped around the wheel, and her eyes planted on the road ahead, she kept driving, and driving, and driving. Lamppost after lamppost, traffic light after traffic light, the road kept growing longer, as the surrounding became unfamiliar by the second. She was looking around for signs of familiarity yet found none. She didn’t know if she should ...
A million dreams in the mind that sums Had filled with smiles for a future that comes But times have passed, and the world has changed No big wonder the nature has revenged! Everyone playing the game of wealth Has forgotten about the fame of health We had thoughts to colonize Mars But now trapped inside behind the bars A ...
Carbon is one of the essential elements of the earth. Solid carbon exists as graphite and diamond. However, four basic forms of carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) have been invented; fullerene, single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT), multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT), and graphene. In 1985, spherical fullerene C60 was discovered. Fullerenes have 60 carbons at the vertices of regular truncated icosahedrons, like the structure ...
A kiss, a trot, and a blow to the toe. A kiss, a trot, and a blow to the toe. A kiss, a trot, and a blow to the toe. He could do this all day. At first, he gives the ball a little kiss, just like a mother kisses her kid before going to bed, then he casually trots, ...
3 Os preserving the lives of Earth, 3 Os being a shield to the massive Earth, and 3 Os deciding the survival of living beings. Tiny three soldiers, bonding with each other and forming an army consisting of billions of triple soldiers to preserve our mother Earth. This army strives so hard without any paybacks. They strive so hard to ...
The reasons that keep dreams being followed, innovation to give birth to ideas, and for the simplest reasons we open our eyes each morning after getting lost in the veil of sleep; by all definitions, can be summarized to one word: Hope. Be it the clawing wait for the comforts we once enjoyed, the painstaking hours put into a work ...
Dear present me, Hey, there girl! It’s me. How are you doing? First of all, I need to tell you that you’re doing well kiddo. Don’t worry. If you feel down, just remember this, as once a best friend of mine told me, “these are the days you must live”. However, I’m not here to give you any advice or ...
When I was 5 years old, my grandfather passed away, leaving nothing but his blurry memories. As I grew older, these memories faded away into the past, until his familiar smell, soft voice and gentle presence made sense no more. With time, I had forgotten the man I once called ‘my hero’ and appeared a mere stranger to me. Until ...
It was tipping down so heavily Even my umbrella couldn’t bear it What if they were some pearls falling from the sky? If so, why was I trying to run away from everything Wasn’t I supposed to collect ’em all, I was holding my shield which was my only asset Perhaps I was a part of that symphony, but how ...
Beep! The reading was “60”. Probably a mistake because the young boy stood there firmly. But within minutes, he collapsed with a cardiac arrest. The reading “60”, wasn’t his pulse, but the level of Oxygen saturation. With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the “Pulse Oximeter” has become one of the essential instruments, even at your homestay. Sometimes, it may be ...
I let down my hair To feel the cool breeze Waving my hands here and there Walking down the cobbled street To see the sunset at the beach I hurry my legs Oh! How much I miss the sunset I told myself, With the immense yearn I have To find the tranquility Here I go to see the beauteous ...
