How dirty is your kitchen sponge?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKITCHEN SPONGE is something that we use every day to clean our dishes, cutleries, and kitchen counters. If you’re someone who repeatedly use the same sponge for more than a month or a year, a new study published in Scientific Reports may make you want to change your cleaning habits ASAP. [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ […]
How does fibre improve our digestion?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFIBRE is important to our digestive system. Women under 50 years need about 25 grams a day while men under 50 years need about 38 grams. [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] Fibre helps to bulk up our stools and keeps waste moving through our intestines, preventing constipation. Some fibre also has prebiotics, which is food […]
What causes high tide and low tide at sea?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHE earth and moon rotate around each other, each pulling the other towards itself. The moon attracts every piece of matter on earth. [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] Since gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance, this force is greater on the side of the earth closer to the moon, and lesser […]
How dirty are our phones?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteARE you aware how contaminated your phones are with pathogens? Here’s a fun fact: each square inch of your phone contains roughly 25,000 germs. [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] Surprisingly, there could be more germs present on mobile phone screens than there are on toilet seats. Why so? We, as workers or students are constantly […]
Why don’t eyelashes and eyebrows grow long like hair?
Reading Time: 2 minutesMOST of us spend money on regular haircuts, but happily our brows and lashes are much lower maintenance. [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] They grow a decent length and stay there. But have you ever wondered why our eyelashes and eyebrows don’t just keep on growing until they’re as long as the hair on our […]
How do nails and hair grow?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYOU’VE had nails and hair since you were in your mom’s womb. Nails and hair are continually growing yet after you are clipping and cutting. How do nails and hairs eternally keep growing but our eyelashes and eyebrows are relentlessly not growing.[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] Nails and hairs are both made up of a […]
Who invented the bit?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBINARY digit or bit is a basic unit of information used in computing and digital communications. The invention of bit allows us to quantify the amount of information in a message; explore the probabilistic “rules” that make our messages and languages more or less predictable; and show how we could use digital codes to transmit […]
Why is blood red?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA small paper cut in the finger and we can see red blood oozing out. A common assumption is that the presence of haemoglobin causes the red colour of blood. However, the real reason is the shape of porphyrin that determines the redness of blood. [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] Porphyrin is a ring of […]
Who discovered the existence of galaxies other than our Milky Way?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIN the early 1900s, astronomers were debating the makeup of spiral nebulae — cloudy, spiral-shaped objects found throughout the night sky. Were they gas clouds located within our Milky Way galaxy, or were they vast groups of stars located far beyond our galaxy? [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] In 1919, American astronomer Edwin Hubble tackled […]
Why are clownfishes not stung by sea anemones?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe partnership between clownfish and sea anemones is one of the most iconic in the animal world. Unlike in Pixar’s film Finding Nemo, clownfish seldom stray far from their anemone. The clownfish live within the sea anemone’s poisonous tentacles. Those tentacles keep would-be predators at bay, including morays, scorpionfishes and snappers. In return, [ihc-hide-content […]