How much do you know about the city you live in? Sure, you’ve got your favorite restaurants and the best way to avoid traffic during rush hour, but it’s unlikely you know the details of every urban nook and cranny. The same goes for the galaxy you live in, the Milky Way. Our celestial home …
Daily Archives: June 11, 2019
Why Trump’s Tweet About (Not) Going to the Moon Is a Problem for Space Exploration
Just one month after proclaiming his administration’s mission to go back to the moon before going to on to Mars, President Donald Trump seemed to completely shift spaceflight gears in a confusing tweet June 7. Donald J. Trump✔@realDonaldTrump For all of the money we are spending, NASA should NOT be talking about going to the Moon – …
Facts about EARTH!!!
We all live on earth but only few of us know these facts. Let’s start 1.AGE OF THE EARTH: 4.543 billion years(approx) So , now a question arises that (how did scientists calculated the age of Earth) the ans is RADIOMETRIC DATING 2. THE TEMPERATURE I EARTH: The average temperature of Earth is 16°c 3.EARTH …
Interesting facts about music related to science.
1.The chills you get when you listen to music,is mostly caused by the brain releasing dopamine while anticipating the peak moment of a song. 2.There are few activities in life that utilizes the entire brain ,and music is one of them. 3. Playing music regularly will alter your brain structure . 4. The brain responds …
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These First Americans Vanished Without a Trace — But Hints of Them Linger
There are no surviving members of an ancient and mysterious group of people who lived in North America for millennia. Until now, scientists thought they had vanished without a trace. But new research shows that this paleo group’s genes live on today in several indigenous cultures. The finding is surprising, as other studies had found …
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Where are the aliens?
One night about 60 years ago, physicist Enrico Fermi looked up into the sky and asked, “Where is everybody?” He was talking about aliens. Today, scientists know that there are millions, perhaps billions of planets in the universe that could sustain life. So, in the long history of everything, why hasn’t any of this life made it …
Mysterious ‘Bridge’ of Radio Waves Between Galaxies Seems to Be Smashing the Laws of Physics (But It’s Not)
On the big roadmap of the universe, bustling clusters of galaxies are connected by long highways of plasma weaving around the wilderness of empty space. These interspace roadways are known as filaments, and they can stretch for hundreds of millions of light-years, populated only by dust, gas and busy electrons driving very close to the universal …
Why This Image of a Woodpecker Is Creeping People Out
When a seemingly innocuous image of a woodpecker stashing away its acorn supply made the internet rounds, Twitter-users expressed revulsion. They weren’t reacting to the bird or the actual acorns, but to the set of holes in which the bird was storing its treasure. Clustered in an irregular pattern, the holes were triggering a condition …
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These Deep-Sea Weirdos Hold Their Breath for Minutes at a Time
No wonder this fish looks like a grumpy, inflated balloon — it’s been holding onto a mouthful of water for ages. This odd little creature is known as the coffinfish (Chaunax endeavouri), and it lives in the deepest parts of the Pacific ocean. Researchers observed this “breath-holding” behavior for the first time while combing through publicly …
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