The History of Camera
The History of Camera
Imagine a world without cameras. No personal photos albums, absence of visual media, no images of your dearly departed, in short erase all photos and films that ever existed. Such a...
Different Types of Calendars and Date Systems
Different Types of Calendars and Date Systems
Whether it is planning an event or a vacation, scheduling a business meeting or remembering important days like anniversaries and birthdays, one thing that most of us refer...
Humans Came Long After Aliens
Harvard astrophysicist Abraham Loeb gets the feeling that we are one of the last to the universe party. Loeb's research suggests that a mere 15 million years after the Big Bang, alien microbes might...
The History of Clocks ( Watches )
The History of Clocks Watches
Introduction: The word "clock" comes from the French word cloche which means bell. It entered the language around the 14th century, around the time when clocks started hitting the mainstream....
Tale of Leap Year
Tale of Leap Year
This calendar anomaly occurs every four years and helps us keep track of the seasons. Leap days are significant because they ensure that our calendar corresponds to the same seasons each...
Famous Predictions of Nostradamus That Came True
Famous Predictions of Nostradamus That Came True
Introduction: Michel de Nostredame usually known as Nostradamus was a French astrologer, physician and also a seer who published collection of prophecies, for which he was best known....
Science of Bluetooth
Science of Bluetooth
Ericsson is credited with being the first corporation to work on creating Bluetooth, and the Ericsson T39, which was released in 2001, was the first mobile phone to integrate Bluetooth. However,...
Quantum Physics- At a Glance
Quantum Physics- At a Glance
Since the earliest days of scientific inquiry,
scientists have been fascinated with learning about the basic building blocks of matter. At one time, the scientists thought that they had solved...
How Body Reacts to Emotions
Maps of bodily sensations associated with different emotions. Hot colors show activated, cool colors deactivated regions.
Many phrases reflect how emotions affect the body: Loss makes you feel "heartbroken," you suffer from "butterflies" in the...
Computer Simulation of Blood Vessel Growth
Computer Simulation of Blood Vessel Growth Tiny blood vessels grow better in the laboratory if the tissue surrounding them is less dense. Then the researchers created a computer simulation to predict such growth accurately.
An...