On 7 March 2012, noted astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson testified before the United States Senate's Science Committee. It became one of the most talked about speeches in recent science history, and inspired a slew of grassroot campaigns to double the annual budget for NASA.

Isn't it time for us too, Malaysia?

For much of human history, harnessing power have been the main goal in most of its engineering endeavors. However there's another story to that, that of transmitting and controlling that power. There's no point to have something if you can't use it or control it.

This article is an overview of that history...

Once upon a time, the though of artificially producing organic materials was though to be impossible. Humans were not supposed to meddle in the matters of life and death. But science marches on. What was once considered taboo became one of the bases of our modern civilisation.

​And it's all thanks to a single, simple, ubiquitous element on the periodic table.

Transhumanism is an intellectual and cultural movement supporting the use of science and technology to improve human mental and physical characteristics and capacities.

​It's ideas have been a staple in literary works for decades and is now seen a resurgence in recent years. This can be seen in recent Hollywood science fiction, but there are quintessential classics that can't be missed. It's not like you're going to be doing much over the holidays anyway...

So what is the world made of? This is certainly something we had taken for granted, even though we experience it with our senses – what we eat, smell, touch and see.

​Certainly with the advancement of chemistry throughout the ages, we have managed to create thing not found in nature, but how did we make sense of the nature of things so that we can manipulate them?