Archive for October, 2011
Tweet Red blood cells are the core of the human, as it is responsible of transferring the oxygen from the lungs to all the organs of the human body. The red blood cells are the cells that give the blood its color. More than 2 million new red blood cells are produced every seconds. A [...]
October 31st, 2011 | Posted in Health and Precautions, Technology and Science | No Comments
Tweet People drink tea all over the world, as it is the most preferable drink for lots of people. Tea comes from all parts of the plant camellia sinensis. There are several types of camellia sinensis, most of them grow in the tropical regions, but some types can grow in colder climates as USA and [...]
October 28th, 2011 | Posted in Who Discovered? | No Comments
Tweet YouTube is arguably one of the most significant websites to hit the Internet in the past half-decade. Right up there with Facebook and Twitter, YouTube has almost revolutionized the way everyone uses the Internet. Schools use the video-streaming site for educational videos, businesses use YouTube, and most obviously you, the general public can use [...]
October 28th, 2011 | Posted in Technology and Science | No Comments
Tweet Certainly you’ve seen that movie, right? You know the one where an asteroid is hurling towards the Earth and threatening mankind and all other forms of life on the planet as we know it? Well certainly you have at least heard of such a story or dreamt of such a scenario. Did you know [...]
October 27th, 2011 | Posted in Space | No Comments
Tweet When washing the green grocery, what is the first thing you should do? Getting rid of the labels that are stuck on every piece. That sometimes can be annoying if you are washing a big bunch of fruit or vegetables. And if you think green, imagine the amount of waste papers that is thrown [...]
October 27th, 2011 | Posted in Health and Precautions, The Environment | No Comments
Tweet Have you ever seen those beautiful images of Saturn? The planet is one of the most unique planets in our solar system. Saturn’s rings have dazzled confused scientists for many years. Thankfully in the past ten years many things have been discovered – most importantly the reason behind the existence of these rings. Galileo [...]
October 27th, 2011 | Posted in Science, Space | No Comments
Tweet The Internet include many ideas and concepts, different scientists were responsible for creating each idea or concept. The first major concept was in the year 1960 and was meant to be for marital purpose, ARPANET stands for Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, it is considered as the first operational packet switching network. The ARPANET [...]
October 26th, 2011 | Posted in Who Discovered? | No Comments
Tweet John F. Kennedy very famously said in 1961: “First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or [...]
October 26th, 2011 | Posted in Science, Space | No Comments
Tweet Superconductivity is a phenomenon where certain materials show no electrical resistance. Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853-1926) was a Dutch physicist, he produced extreme cryogenic temperatures and that led to the discovery of superconductivity in 1911. He found that some materials loses its electrical resistance at very low temperatures. Kamerlingh Onnes put the theory of superconductivity. [...]
October 25th, 2011 | Posted in Technology and Science | No Comments
Tweet Oil spill is a leak of liquid petroleum in water surfaces. The oil spills can be a result of tankers sinking, offshore platforms or the diesel and gasoline leaks from the ships. Oil spills is one of the great sources of water pollution, as it is considered a major factor of killing marine creatures [...]
October 24th, 2011 | Posted in Technology and Science, The Environment | No Comments