Category: curiosity corner
Andy uses a carrot gun to discuss the hazards of micrometeoroid impacts in space, showing that at high enough speeds even tiny specks of dust can be dangerous. [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”0″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”64″ disable_keyboard=”0″]kStpU1bU-oc[/wpdevart_youtube] Our...
[wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”73″ disable_keyboard=”0″]IcjYdEW_HLQ[/wpdevart_youtube] There are a few ways to use chemistry to power a rocket, but all involved an oxider and a fuel. And with no oxygen in space, what’s the best...
Make all the jokes you want, says Bill Nye, but methane is a very potent greenhouse gas, and as Earth’s population increases so too does the size of the meat industry that caters to it. Demand for meat is growing steeply in developing nations, according to the...
Do you ever feel sleepy or “zone out” during the day? Do you find it hard to wake up on Monday mornings? If so, you are familiar with the powerful need for sleep. However, you may not realize that sleep is as essential for your well-being as food...
If there is no God watching us, why be good? [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”0″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”65″ disable_keyboard=”0″]aLulcfyqrc0[/wpdevart_youtube] Richard Dawkins examines sin. He asks whether the old religious rules about what is right and wrong are helpful...
Had this ant research been performed in the early 1970s, when researchers were working on communications algorithms, it might have saved them a little time. Not that the researchers would have necessarily given the ants the credit. After all, quips “the ants didn’t publish.” Before researchers developed the...
As you’ve probably already learned by now, large-scale particles and nanoparticles can exhibit very different properties. And changes made on the nanoscale can create materials that exhibit different properties as well. The development of nanomaterials have led to the development of stain resistant cloth, bicycle frames that are...
For the microscopic lab worm C. elegans, life equates to just a few short weeks on Earth. The bowhead whale, on the other hand, can live over two hundred years. Why are these lifespans so different? And what does it really mean to ‘age’ anyway? Joao Pedro de...
We the quest forum had celebrated all fools’ day with quizzes* and was successfully ‘fooled’ its members.Those who are interested in seeing some other successful pranks of 2017 can visit april fool pranks 2017 or Top 10 pranks 2017 *(We have used 2333 chinese emoticon for “LOL” for notifying the event)
