Long ago, in a small village of Somalia, there lived four families. The members of the first family argued all the time. The second family was greedy while the third was always away from the village exploring new places and things. They were never satisfied with what they had or where they lived. But the […]
There are hundreds of theories why we have nails in our hands and feet. Some of them are based on the protection aspect from various other things; others are more creative because they are based on the facts of the evolution of human bodies. Among the twenty nails, finger nails are more useful in the
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In old age, hair turns grey. Even a few persons’ hair turns grey at a very young age. All such things happen because of the production of melanin. Actually, our hair is made of two parts: firstly the shaft, the hair which we see growing out of our head; secondly, the root section of such
Once upon a time, there were two thieves, Hirsi and Kabaalaf. One day, they planned a con (dishonest) trick. They saw a woman carrying a pot of butter on her head and pulling a ram with a rope. Hirsi went ahead of her pretending to be blind. He began pleading, “Is there anyone here who
Unlike humans have noses and mouths conjointly working for their respiration system, fish do not possess them for their respiration system. They have gills which are like pores on their fins and body portion. They also need oxygen which gills provide them with. They respire through gills because they inhale oxygenated water and gills take
Once upon a time, there was a lazy man who could not even farm his land. He used to beg for food from his neighbours which he brought home to his family. One night, his wife went out to the farm and put pieces of ensete (also known as ‘false banana’, is an important root
Butterflies possess some of the most striking colour displays found in Nature. A butterfly’s rich colour can act as camouflage, mate attraction and warning signal. But what is it that makes the vivid colours of butterfly wings appear to dance? How can they possess such intense hues? Butterflies actually get their colours from two different
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Earthquake comes under the category of natural disaster. Our earth has four layers—inner core, outer core, mantle and crust. Crust and mantle have covered the whole earth but not by its one piece of layer but having many of pieces called tectonic plates. These plates keep moving around and the edges of them are called
It will be really repetitive to say that weather changes because we all are known to it. Such change in weather takes place because of factors like heat, wind, moisture, etc. Process starts when the sun heats the earth’s surface in uneven manner. This happens because sunlight does not fall in the same manner on
Once upon a time, there were nine dogs that went out to hunt. On the way, they met a lion. The lion said, “I am hunting too. Let us hunt together.” So, the lion and the dogs hunted together. They caught ten antelopes. Then, they decided to divide the meat among themselves. One of the
While moving on the road, we leave things behind us at the speed we are moving. As we look up the sky, we see the moon following us even though we speed up and cross miles. This is mainly because the distance of the moon is approximately 240,000 miles and it being above us we
The solar system has now 8 planets and Saturn is one of them. Saturn is very special among them as it bears a ring-like structure on it. Such rings of saturn were firstly observed by Galileo in 1610 and, still, it is mystery that how actually such rings have formed. However, there are several predictions
Saliva is a liquid proteinaceous substance containing amylase enzyme and is produced by salivary glands under tongue. Because of amylase starch gets broken down into sugars and gets digested easily. A normal person produces up to 1.9 litres of saliva in a day but sometimes a person may face the situation where excessive saliva is
Bats are mammals that are born with wings. Because of their functions they have been unable to take much weight on their limbs. They are not strong to help them walk. Therefore, they lie upside down or hand themselves like that in caves. As they take up weight on their wings it also helps them
Actually, raining is not a single activity but it is actually a chain of activities. This process starts in warm days when sunshine heats up the ground and above it all. On being warm the air absorbs water from seas, river, pond, etc and goes up. On going higher and higher warm air gets very