Did you know that a type of bacteria, called antinomycetes, causes the pleasant smell of rain? [Read more…] about Antinomycetes causes the rain smell
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How is air pollution in China connected to snowfalls in California?
What is the connection between air pollution in China and snowfall in Sierra Nevada, California? The answer is that the greater the air pollution is in China, the heavier the snowfall in Siera Nevada is. [Read more…] about How is air pollution in China connected to snowfalls in California?
There is a radioactive sediment layer from Chernobyl in Loch Ness
Did you know that a layer of sediment beneath the waters in Loch Ness is radioactive due to a fallout from the Chernobyl disaster in 1986? [Read more…] about There is a radioactive sediment layer from Chernobyl in Loch Ness
How many bones are there in our feet?
Did you know that human feet have the 25% of all the bones in our body? Indeed, a pair of human feet consist of 52 bones out of 206 which is in total. [Read more…] about How many bones are there in our feet?
Which dreams tend to be less vivid?
Dreams do not last for over 20 minutes and the they mainly occur during the REM stage (Rapid Eye Movement), when brain activity is high, which is revealed by continuous movements of the eyes. [Read more…] about Which dreams tend to be less vivid?
How much of San Fransisco’ s pollution comes from East Asia
The postdoctoral researcher Stefanie Ewing concluded that 29% of San Francisco’s air pollution comes from China. [Read more…] about How much of San Fransisco’ s pollution comes from East Asia
Earth’s mass is literally nothing for our solar system
Compared to the mass of the solar system, you can say that the mass of the earth is insignificant and get away with it. It really is. Everything you have ever travelled upon, every image of every forest, mountain and ocean you have ever seen accounts for an absolutely insignificant amount of mass, not only compared to the universe, but our solar system as well. [Read more…] about Earth’s mass is literally nothing for our solar system
Cats only meow to communicate with humans
There are many ways for your cat to communicate. Most famously, cats meow but this would not be the case if it weren’t for humans. As it turns out, cats only meow to communicate for humans, and, more often than not, ask for food!
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Why is this planet called Uranus?
Amongst every teacher, every child and every grown up that still thinks some stuff is funny, the name Uranus doesn’t really look to good for a planet. Especially since the original pronunciation sounds like “Your Anus” and even the alternative one like “Urine Us”. So why was it stuck with a name that we should avoid using?
Although the planet was discovered by William Herschel, who named the planet “The Georgium Sidis”, translating to “The Georgian Star”. This was the case because the king of england was king George III. Since people living outside England didn’t quite like this annotation, and since it wasn’t a star or an asteroid there was no law saying that Herschel would get to name it, there was a debate for a name. George was also suggested but this would be disrespectful to the King. Johann Bode suggested the name Uranus after the Greek name for “god of the sky”.
Nobody really knows if Bode really knew how it would be pronounced in english, if he did, it is a very long lasting joke.
Can you cry in Space?
Commander Chris Hadfield of the International Space Station conducted an interesting experiment in outer space, providing the answer to a baffling question. Can you cry in space? [Read more…] about Can you cry in Space?