77 years ago, humankind witnessed the power of the nucleus of an atom. August 6, 1945, was the day when the first atomic bomb was detonated over Hiroshima, Japan. Seventeen Nobel laureates were involved in manufacturing the bomb in a …
77th Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing: 10 Facts About That Dreadful Day. Read More »
After years of research, we might think that we know almost everything about life on Earth, or at least about its primary forms. However, nature still holds a lot of secrets even when it comes to existing forms. For example, …
The Discovery Of These 5 New Species Shows That Nothing Can Beat Nature’s Diversity. Read More »
Despite being quite close to us, the Earth’s core is still a mysterious structure. We can divide it into the inner core and the outer core. We also know it’s mostly composed of iron, and it’s responsible for our planet’s …
The Earth’s Core Is Still A Big Mystery And Here Is What We Don’t Know About It. Read More »
The Himalayas is the mountain range between the Indian subcontinent and the Tibetan plateau. It holds many world records, including the highest peak in the world- Mount Everest. Let’s discuss the formation, the geology, and the future of that fascinating …
How Did The Himalayas Form And What Is Their Ultimate Future? Read More »
Can an animal create weapons faster than bullets? Can it be so loud that it disrupts artificial sonars? It may sound like science-fiction, but both of those animals exist. They even belong to the same group-shrimp. You may know them …
Meet These Tiny Animals That Can Create Weapons Faster Than Bullets. Read More »
What is DNA? As we established in the previous article, DNA contains information about almost every single process in a cell. We also discussed that it controls the cell’s metabolism by giving instructions about the production of protein. For that, …
A Short Introduction To DNA: The Molecule That Contains Your Coded Information Read More »
What Is Genetics The textbook definition of genetics tells us that it is a study of genes, the genetic information of organisms, heredity, and a couple of other things. It may sound a little overwhelming at first glance, but only …
A Short Introduction To Genetics – Understanding Your Body Written In 46 Chromosomes. Read More »
Plants aren’t equipped with the locomotor system like humans or other animals. However, that doesn’t mean they cannot be active or use movement as a strategy for survival or even catching prey. Let’s take a look at some amazing examples …
The Amazing Plant Movements – Reacting Within 0.5 Milliseconds Without Muscles. Read More »
What Are Nazca Lines? Commonly known as the Nazca Lines, the Lines and Geoglyphs of Nazca Pampas de Jumana create one of the most extraordinary human-made sites one could ever imagine. Located in southern Peru, they resemble an ancient civilization’s …
The Mystery of The Nazca Lines: What Are They and Where Did They Come From? Read More »
We might explore space, develop as a species, and learn about places in the universe billions of light-years away; however, we still don’t know what’s hidden on our very own planet. Many unresolved mysteries hide from us in the ocean …
5 Thought-Provoking Mysteries That Ocean Depths Still Hide From Us. Read More »
Panspermia is the astrobiological hypothesis that life exists elsewhere in the universe due to a distribution of microorganisms being inadvertently transported on asteroids, other traveling planetoids, or even spacecraft. Hypotheses of panspermia could both allow us to explain abiogenesis or, …
David Vetter, the Bubble Boy, lived in a unique plastic bubble, designed for him by NASA because he had a rare genetic disease. Before we learn about the unlucky boy, let me introduce you to the SCID disease and its …
The Tragic Story of the Bubble Boy Who Lived in a Plastic Bubble For 12 Years. Read More »
Satellites, residues of collisions, pieces of space rockets – almost 170 million space objects that weigh more than 180 tonnes, are orbiting above our heads. Some of them fell, but most are just creating a space landfill. Space debris is …
There is an area in the South Pacific where three plate tectonics regularly interact, causing earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Commonly known as the Ring of Fire, it goes through the coasts of South and North America, Asia, and New Zealand. …
What Is The Ring of Fire And Why Is It So Dangerous? Read More »
The man hidden in the ice One day, during the Copper Age, ages before Stonehenge and the pyramids, the so-called Otzi with a valuable copper axe was traveling across Val Senales Valley in South Tyrol. Unfortunately, he was murdered, and …
What Did Scientists Learn From the Corpse of Otzi, the Iceman Hidden in the Alps? Read More »
