Thousands Of Years After Discovering Static Electricity We Finally …
Sep 19, 2024 · We have known about the phenomenon of static electricity since at least the time of Aristotle. Aristotle credits fellow philosopher Thales of Miletus, who lived between 640 and 546 BCE, with the ...
Anatomists Demonstrate How An Erection Works In Video Using …
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Why Do We Have A Little Groove Under Our Nose? | IFLScience
Dec 27, 2015 · We all have them, though it’s puzzled biologists for a long time as to why we do. I’m talking about that odd little groove found below your nose that runs to your top lip.
20 Awesome Science Experiments You Can Do Right Now At Home
Jun 3, 2015 · 3. Create Oobleck And Make It Dance To The Music Named after a sticky substance in a children’s book by Dr Seuss, Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid, which means it can behave as both a solid and ...
The Neurology Of Taste: How Your Brain Perceives Flavor
Oct 17, 2023 · The gustatory cortex. As important as taste is to our human experience – a fact that was thrown into sharp relief when people started losing their sense of taste after a COVID-19 infection ...
What Are Piezoelectric Crystals And How Do They Work?
Sep 23, 2024 · Quartz, the most common material to display piezoelectricity, is so abundant that it’s likely many people have noticed that when squeezed it can become able to attract charged objects.Of course ...
Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Kilonova – What’s The Difference?
Sep 29, 2023 · The word nova comes from “nova stella”, Latin for “new star”, the name Tycho Brahe gave to the sudden appearance in 1572 of a light in the sky where none had been seen before.
Akkadian Empire: The World’s First Recorded Empire?
Mar 12, 2024 · Centered on the city of Akkad, the Akkadian Empire united the region of southern Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq) that had previously been ruled by competing city states (including Ur, Uruk, Lagash ...
The Sentinelese: Who Are The Most Isolated Uncontacted Tribe …
Jun 14, 2023 · The tribe lives on North Sentinel Island, a Manhattan-sized patch of land found between India and Myanmar in the Indian Ocean. It’s illegal to go within five nautical miles (9.26 kilometers) of ...
Torpor Vs Hibernation: What's The Difference? | IFLScience
Feb 15, 2024 · Birds like the common poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii), whose name means "sleeping one", can also enter torpor, writes the Audubon Society.Compared to hibernation, topor does not last as long ...