How Does DNA Exonerate People?
Everything that is considered alive (and things like viruses which are on the fringe of such a classification), have special proteins that organize themselves into what we call a genetic code....
View ArticleWhy Do We Experience Déjà Vu?
If you’re French then you might know that déjà vu means “already seen”. Déjà vu is an overwhelming feeling of having done something before, when in reality you haven’t. Like when going to New York for...
View ArticleWhy Do Airplanes Leave a White Trail Behind In the Sky?
Sometimes when you look up on a clear day you can spot a jet plane. You might see a white trail in the sky behind the plane. It looks almost like a cloud. How did it get there? Was it smoke from the...
View ArticleWill We Ever Colonize Mars? – 4 Challenges We Face Going to Mars
When we look at Mars, we see a potential second home. Of all the planets in our solar system, Mars is the one most similar to Earth. A day on Mars is very close in duration to Earth (24h and 39min),...
View Article15 Mind-Blowing Facts You Didn’t Know About The Universe
1. – The surface on Venus is hot enough to melt lead. The temperature on Venus can reach 462 degrees C (863.6 F), and it takes only 350 degrees C (662 F) to melt lead. 2. - 99% of all the mass in...
View ArticleHow Do Traffic Jams Start?
You’re on you way home from work. The sun is high in the sky and is heating up your car. You take your usual route home through the highway. Just as you make the turn, you realize you’ve made a big...
View ArticleThe Bermuda Triangle – Unravelling the Mystery
- “Everything looks strange, even the ocean.” These words were coming from Flight 19 on December the 5th, 1945. Five US Navy torpedo bombers on a training mission went missing that day, never to be...
View ArticleHow Do Boats float? – Buoyancy principle made easy
Boats are heavy. That’s no secret at all. The secret we want to expose is how these heavy tankers, and even a small 10-foot boat, can stay floating in water. Shouldn’t they sink? I mean, there is a lot...
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