How much gold can be found in human body?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGold has always been at the center of luxury and a rich lifestyle. From accessories to food, humans are obsessed in coating everything they own with gold. Gold is usually extracted from gold mines before it is processed as luxury products. However, do you know our own body contains gold too? Although iron is the […]
Which animal has 4 noses?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSlugs are a shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc snails. Slugs are cold and slimy animals. The skin of a slug is exceptionally moist, and often covered in a thin layer of slimy mucus which make them move on the ground. The mucus helps it to retain moisture to the dry soil beneath them and protects it […]
How tears drained to nose?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYOU might wonder, why someone can taste eye drops or how the nose starts to run when a person is crying. You also might wonder why you taste the eye drops when you are applying it into your eye. There is a puncta in our eye. This puncta is known as lacrimal punctum, a small […]
What is Porifera?
Reading Time: < 1 minutePorifera also known as sponges, are the simplest and oldest of multicell animals that can be found on the sea floor. The term “Porifera” refers to pore bearing species and have a spongy appearance. This unique animal called “Poriferan” do not have any organs nor tissues on its body, but each individual cell will digest […]
How deadly is Mount Everest?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMount Everest is the highest mountain in the world in terms of altitude. Its summit is 29,029 feet above sea level. As the highest mountain in the world, Everest draws the largest number of people to take up the challenge of attempting to reach its peak. It is thus no surprise that it has also claimed […]
All the coronavirus in the world could fit inside a Coke can, with plenty of room to spare
Reading Time: 4 minutesBY MISHA KETCHELL WHEN I was asked to calculate the total volume of SARS-CoV-2 in the world for the BBC Radio 4 show More or Less, I will admit I had no idea what the answer would be. My wife suggested it would be the size of an Olympic swimming pool. “Either that or a teaspoon,” she […]
WHO confirms Coronavirus came from animals not laboratory
Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Saarani Vengadesen There has been a longstanding cold war between USA and China, with the USA accusing the latter of creating the infamous SARS-CoV2 virus in the lab. The latest probe concluded by WHO states that coronavirus originated from animal and it is not leaked from the lab. WHO team revealed the preliminary finding during […]
Climate change may have driven the emergence of SARS-CoV-2
Reading Time: 3 minutesGLOBAL greenhouse gas emissions over the last century have made southern China a hotspot for bat-borne coronaviruses, by driving growth of forest habitat favoured by bats. A new study published today in the journal Science of the Total Environment provides the first evidence of a mechanism by which climate change could have played a direct role in […]
The immune system mounts a lasting defence after recovery from COVID-19, researchers find
Reading Time: 3 minutesAS THE NUMBER of people who have fought off SARS-CoV-2 climbs ever higher, a critical question has grown in importance: How long will their immunity to the novel coronavirus last? A new Rockefeller study offers an encouraging answer, suggesting that those who recover from COVID-19 are protected against the virus for at least six months, […]