Category: Science
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Who is the Boss?
Hmm… we are not talking about mommy dearest ;) Take a guess at what we are talking about. Here is another clue. What is grey on outside and white on inside and wrinkly?? If you guessed brain, you are right!! Brain is the Boss of your body. It controls everthing that your body does. It…
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Tall as a Stork or Small as a Goldfish
Why are some people so tall, some people really short and some just average height. As a kid you see that whenever the teacher asks you to fall in a line, some really short kids whine that they are always in the front and the taller ones complain that they are always behind, even…
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Hic…Hic…Hiccup!!
You just took a bite of food that is a little spicy for your taste and hic…hic…hic…Hicupps!! How did you get hiccups all of a sudden?? Well, you can blame it on your Diapragm! Never heard of it???? Diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle in our body between the chest and the stomach. When we breathe…
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One Plant-Hundreds of food factories
Plants are living things right? That means they eat food? But have you ever seen them eating food…NO!! So then how do they eat? Plants make and eat their food secretly and quietly. In fact you wouldn’t believe me if I tell you that each plant has hundreds of food factories to generate food. Yes! Each leaf…
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Why do We Burp?
Before you even get a chance to cover your mouth it is out and you feel embarrassed by it at the lunch table. Everybody in the room heard it. Getting back to doing what you were doing, you wonder a little. Where did that even come from? A burp is nothing but gas. When you eat or…
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What are genes?
Have you ever thought that whenever some relative comes to your house their first remark is how similar you look to your mom or dad or uncle or grandmother or grandfather or some other distant cousin! How can one person look similar to so many people in the family? Do each of us carry some…
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What are 3D Movies?
Don’t we all these days hear most of the movies being released in 3D? Is 3D a new language in which the movie is made? Let us try and understand 3D first and then we will move on to the 3D movies. 2D or a 3D is used to describe some shapes. 2D is used for…
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Sun, Rain and Rainbow
Have you wondered how is that whenever it rains while the sun is shining in the sky, you are most likely to see a rainbow? Is it because God likes to colour in the sky in such lovely weather? Well that is something that little babies think. But for you I will tell you the real reason. You…
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Our Fingerprints
Do you know what is most unique in this world. Something which is different even in identical twins ! The identical twins are alike in all ways but even they have different fingerprints. Let us examine our hands.The ridges on the fingertips and the thumb (in form of loops and spirals) are the ones that help…
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Hello? Hola? Hi?
Isn’t it fun when the phone rings and you lift it to hear the voice of your loved one, no matter how far they are. These days many people use cell phones but a lot of people still use the conventional telephones (also known as land lines) which are connected with wires. Telephone networks go…
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What is Monsoon?
Most of you will promptly say that monsoon is the rainy season. Monsoons infact are some very strong winds. Thing to remember is that these winds,monsoon, always blow from cold to warm places. In summers, when centre and north of India becomes very hot, winds(monsoon) from over the Indian Ocean blows towards this hot…
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Why Do Things Fall Down?
Ever tried throwing a ball, high up in the air? Does it keep flying? No, it comes back to the ground. You might think it is magic? But an adult will disagree and say that it is gravity, and you would think that maybe it is a fancy name for “magic”. What does gravity mean? Some force…