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 […]
The Great Cyanobacteria
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Food in Space
Reading Time: 4 minutesFood for astronauts Have you ever wished to be an astronaut? Space travel is always intriguing and full of the unknowns. One aspect that raises our curiosity is the food that astronauts eat in space. What do they eat, how are they produced, who produces them, and is it possible for astronauts to produce their […]
How Vaccines Work ?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWHEN a bacteria or virus (pathogen) enters our body, they are seen as foreign entities. Our immune system feels threatened. They start recognizing specific structures of the pathogen. Our body starts making antibodies that will bind to these structures. The antibody and the structure in the pathogen bind together like a key and lock. The pathogen […]
Edward Jenner- The Father of Immunology
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor centuries, smallpox took millions of lives. It was the deadliest disease. The current generations have not seen smallpox. Thanks to Edward Jenner and immunization efforts by World Health Organization we are free of this disease. Jenner observed dairymaids who previously contracted cowpox, which caused blistering on cow’s udders, to have a unique protection against […]
The Very First Vaccines in the 10th Century
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe origins of vaccines can be traced back to the Chinese Liao Dynasty in the 10th century. The ancient Chinese realized that people infected with smallpox would be immune to reinfection. This observation sparked the beginning of vaccines. Individuals previously infected with smallpox would preserve their scabs by drying them out, grinding them up into […]