On a clear night, if you are lucky, you can see maybe 3000 stars. But this is just a very small number. In our galaxy alone there are 100 billion stars. And in fact, there are over 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe. Stats create basic matter for...
Read MoreIn August 2016, in a remote corner of Siberian tundra called the Yamal Peninsula in the Arctic Circle, a 12-year-old boy died and at least twenty people were hospitalized after being infected by anthrax, a rare but deadly bacterial disease. It is believed to have spread from reindeer. 75...
Read MoreWe probably hear about 8 blood type which is A, B, AB or O can be +ve or –ve. But there are potentially millions of blood types. Your blood type is defined by the antigen present in the blood. Antigens are part of your body’s natural defenses. They recognise...
Read More100 million years old microbe are still alive in the most uninhabitable places like beneath the surface of sea floor. When those microbe brought back to lab and fed they start multiplying. Microbes live on oxygen somehow exist on what little of the gas diffuses from the deep ocean...
Read MorePlastic is the most abundant type of marine debris found in the ocean and lakes. Plastic waste comes in all different shapes and sizes, but those are less than 5 millimeters in length are called microplastic. We don’t know much about microplastic and its impact it is an emerging...
Read MoreCan plants drown? Yes, plants can drown if you over water it. Plants produce oxygen and use the same oxygen to live and breathe. At night they need oxygen to breathe. If you stop a plant from getting oxygen for example by saturating the soil with water or submerging...
Read More• Global warming is a hoax Reality check: average temperature has climbed 0.8C around the world since 1880. Increase of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere as a result of human activity. Arctic sea ice is now thawing at historic rates, flowers are blooming earlier,...
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Venus is the second planet of our solar system (It is the second closest to our sun). The first spacecraft set mechanical feet on Venus is the former Soviet Union’s Venera probes (In the 1970s). But it cannot stay their longer because of Venus’s high temperature and pressure. In...
Read MoreThe humidifier is used to get rid of the problem of dry air. Cool mist humidifiers may help ease symptoms of cold or other respiratory conditions. Humidifiers are devices that emit water vapor or steam to increase moisture levels in the air (humidity). There are several types: Central humidifiers...
Read MoreRussia says it is ready to approve the first-ever coronavirus vaccine. It will be first offered to front line health care workers but large scale trial phase 3 will only begin after the approval. That decision is raising widespread concern. The WHO and the Russian Association of Clinical Research...
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