The earth is round because of the force called gravity. Most of you must be thinking about how the force is affecting the planet to be round. The gravitational force on the earth which binds objects and brings the ball back when thrown in air is one of the conventional forces that make the earth […]
On the earth, we have light due to the sun. The layer of gases that surround the earth causes light to reflect and refract. Space is a vacuum where there is no gas, solid or liquid particle that may cause the light to deflect in the surroundings giving an illumination just like we observe from
Long ago, a man asked one of his sons to build a house for them to live in. When the son went out to work, he met a rat on the way. The rat said, “Let’s play, tell stories, chat and have fun.” The son said that his father had told him to build a
Galaxy is a group of stars, large dark matter and dust bounded together by the gravity. The Milky Way is a bar-shaped spiral galaxy whose diameter is 100,000-120,000 light years. It contains 200-400 billion stars. It appears like a band of light from the earth at night time. There are three major components of Milky
The human blood is made up of two components: one being the plasma and other being the different types of cells, which have various functions. The red blood cells from the major part of the blood primarily give the red colour to the blood. The red blood corpuscles have a pigment called haemoglobin that is
Once, a man caught a very beautiful bird. He was about to squeeze and kill her. But the bird pleaded, “Please don’t kill me. I’ll give you three important pieces of advice.” The first advice was not to let go of what you have in your hands. The second advice was never to regret what
Milk gets its white colour because of the nutrients it’s made up of. Among the many proteins in milk, one such is known as casein, which is full of good-for-you calcium that helps keep your bones strong and your teeth healthy. Rich in calcium, casein helps contribute to the white colour of milk. In addition,
You all know that a thermometer is a device used to check the temperature of the body. Such use of a thermometer is not by chance but because of specific reasons. Firstly, it is the only element which remains liquid at room temperature. As a general rule, it also expands linearly as temperature goes high.
We have often heard many people and doctors say that breast feeding is the best for an infant. We may wonder as to why only mother’s milk is given to a new born. Well, here is a clear explanation. The chemicals in mother’s milk are the best food for the baby who is a new
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The human’s skin is highly varying in nature, which can be fairer in colour. The human skin is highly affected by the climatic change or as the surrounding changes. The human skin releases oil through oil glands, also known as pores, that consist of skin cells and tissues. Usually, the oil produced by these glands
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