Most of us probably know “pi” as a word often used in geometry. However, what some people don’t realize is that it is actually the sixteenth letter of the ancient Greek alphabet, and it is pronounced as “pie.” For those who don’t know, the ancient Greek alphabet consists of 24 letters, with … Read more
One of the most talked-about theories of physics is the Big Bang Theory. It is said to have happened about 1400 years ago, and advocates of the theory present arguments that, initially, the universe was no more than a tiny dot. The birth of the world, as we see it now, is … Read more
If you ever looked closely at a snake’s tongue, you would notice that it is not quite the same as most of the animals’. It is actually forked in the middle. The tongue of the serpent has intrigued humans for thousands of years; still, its function remained unknown until recently. This kind … Read more
Apart from Kilogram, Celsius, Liter, Watt, Calorie, etc. there are many other units of measurement unknown to a layperson, mainly because they are not used in our everyday life. Experts have fixed more than 125 clearly defined units. Half a dozen of them are only for measuring the intensity of light, including … Read more
In the earliest parts of the slow evolutionary process of human beings, the first people on Earth, often called the proto-men, originated in Africa and had black or dark-colored skin. After millions of years of further evolution, the proto-men eventually became true-men, which are considered as the Homo sapiens, the final evolution … Read more
Do you know that the actual word for a mobile phone or cell phone is cellular radio? In English “cell” means a small section – and for a mobile phone, a whole city is looked upon as a structure of cells with six sides, like a honeycomb. In every cell, there is … Read more
The Doomsday Clock indicates how close we are to the threat of nuclear annihilation. The idea for the clock was conceived by researchers that are members of an international group called the Chicago Atomic Scientists, which is founded by individuals who were involved in the Manhattan Project that is created to build … Read more
Yes, there are nights and days on the moon, but the time for each period is not the same as the ones on our planet. Instead of the twenty-four hours length of a normal day on Earth, a day on the moon is equal to 27.3 earth-days because the space object takes … Read more