Why honey never get spoilt?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHONEY is a beautiful gold-coloured sweetener. Honey is full of nutrients, active enzymes as well as beneficial natural compounds. Honey is used in many homes as natural remedies to treat [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] common ailments such as cough, cold and sore throat. Many archaeologists have discovered preserved thousand-year-old pots of honey. Honey in its natural form has very low moisture […]
What is Titan?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTITAN is orbiting near to planet Saturn. It is Saturn’s largest moon and also known as the second largest moon in the solar system. When scientists paid close [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] attention to its surface, they surprisingly found Titan to have dense atmosphere and liquids in the form of rivers, lakes and seas. Titan’s atmosphere is made mostly of nitrogen, similar […]
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Who created the first map of the world?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSOME of the earliest known maps date back to 16,500 B.C.E. and show the night sky instead of the Earth. Maps were also created in ancient Babylonia and it is believed that they were drawn with very accurate surveying techniques. These maps[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] showed topographical features like hills and valleys but also […]
How do butterflies eat?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIF you’re lucky enough to be able to get close to a butterfly, you will see that it doesn’t have a mouth. So, how do they eat? Well, a small little pipe, like a straw, which is coiled under its head most of the time is what an adult butterfly uses to suck up all […]
What is a pathological liar?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE. Just like me, I’m sure we all tell little white lies occasionally, while pathological liars lie habitually and chronically tells grandiose lies that may exceed the limits of believability. They are generally motivated by a desire to gain attention or sympathy. They are not lying in an attempt to avoid […]
Why some people are more flexible than others?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHEY begin seated on the floor, knees bent out to their sides and soles of their feet touching. Next reaching forward and pull their feet in toward their body and slowly deepen the stretch. These people are just more flexible than others! There are a number of different factors that may contribute to why some […]
Why humans cannot digest cellulose?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHumans cannot digest cellulose as the digestive system of humans do not have cellulase, the enzyme which digests the cellulose. Cellulose is composed of long chains of polymeric polysaccharide carbohydrate. Cellulose is the main constituent of the cell in most plants and it is used in the manufacture of plant based products such as paper, textiles and organic pharmaceuticals. [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ]Herbivorous animals digest cellulose and hemicellulose in […]
How can you change TV channels at the speed of light?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRemote controls are a perfect indulgence for couch potatoes everywhere—but have you ever stopped to wonder how they work? How come your TV remote doesn’t trigger the video? Why do you have to point it directly at the TV? And when you aim your remote at a neighbour’s house, does their TV channel change too? Remote control has no wires, […]
How to unboil an egg?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis may sound like a riddle, but thanks to chemistry it’s actually possible. When an egg is boiled, the albumen around the yolk turns white. That’s because the heat has caused the proteins within it to tangle up randomly. In 2015, a team of chemists in the US and Australia showed they could reverse the process. They added urea […]