Your Cat Losing Hair? what to do? If your cat losing hair or shedding, it could be a simple moult or the warning sign of a health problem. How to spot an abnormal fall?...
Why is the northern lights (Aurora Borealis) different from the southern lights (Aurora Australis)? Faced with the spectacle of the polar aurora, some remain simply in admiration. Others, like these Norwegian researchers, are trying...
EL NINO – LA NINA: CLIMATE ANOMALIES El Nino and La Nina are climatic phenomena that originate from a significant temperature anomaly in the surface water of the South Pacific Ocean. When this becomes...
Solar Flare Two solar megastorms hitting Earth were detected in a study published in August 2021. The discovery reveals that this solar flare of event is more common than people think. A solar megastorm...
NASA’s Most Accurate Outer Space Atom Clock is 50 times more accurate than GPS The most accurate outer space atomic clock is Deep Space Atomic Clock is 50 times more accurate than GPS. The...
Mass and Weight on an Object Mass and weight seem interchangeable, but they are completely different. So what is mass? What is the weight? What are the differences, and why is it important to...
Atomic bomb to extinguish fires The atomic bomb has been used to extinguish fires, in this case gas well fires. The operation atomic bomb to extinguish fires was not to use the blast on...
Best Visible Colour by the Human Eye The retina has three types of specialized sensors (the channels), which respectively have maximum sensitivity to blue light, green light or red light. All the tones we...
Reuse The Same Calendar You can reuse the same calendar with same dates, days and months… Reuse The Same Calendar as 2020 Your 2020 calendar is reusable in: 2048, 2076, and 2116. In 2020,...
Optical Illusion An optical illusion is an image or object that we see is different from what it really is. In other words optical illusions occur when our eyes send information to the brain...
Right Brain and Left Brain Difference between right and left brain. The left brain deals with short term memory, problem formulation & theoretical planning, contains logical memories. The right brain deals with creativity. Right...
What is the Enigma machine? Enigma is an electromechanical rotor machine used for the encryption and decryption of secret messages. Which means it uses a combination of mechanical and electrical parts. The mechanical part...
Radiation Types Radiation is energy that is emitted from a source and propagates through space in the form of waves or particles. There are different radiation types, each with its own characteristics or properties....
Gamma Radiation (Gamma γ Rays) Often denoted by the Greek letter gamma, ). Gamma rays are an energized form of electromagnetic radiation produced by radioactivity/other nuclear/subatomic processes such as electron-positron annihilation. What are gamma...
Alpha Radiation (α Rays) Alpha rays (or alpha particles or alpha radiation) are a form of radiation emitted by highly ionized and poorly penetrating particles. They consist of two protons and two neutrons combined...
Beta Radiation (Beta Rays) β Beta radiation is a form of radioactivity in which the nucleus emits electrons and antineutrinos (beta minus radiation) or positrons and neutrinos (beta plus radiation). This process gives rise...
Neutron Radiation Neutron radiation is ionizing radiation consisting of free neutrons (with different kinetic energies). Because neutrons are electrically neutral, the charge on the atomic nucleus and electrons has no effect on their movement....
Ionizing Radiation This article discusses the radiation of light rays alpha (α), beta (β), gamma (γ), radiation and neutrons. Certain types of ionizing radiations have sufficient energy to rip electrons out of their orbits...