Category: Science

Here is a list of some interesting weather facts from all around the world – You will probably burn if you go to Al’Aziziyah in Libya. It has the highest recorded temperature on earth at a sweltering 58°C on the 13th Sept, 1922. Don’t complain it is cold this winter, thank God that you are not…

Have you observed that your grandparents have lots of grey hair? In fact, that’s the case with all old people. Ever wonder where does hair color disappear as one grows older? Our hair is made up of two parts – Shaft and Root. The long shiny strings that grow out of our heads is shaft. Root…

Ears are soft because they are not made up of bones that are stiff and hard. They are made up of something called cartilage (kahrt-lij). Cartilage is made up of firm yet flexible tissue (tish-oo). Most part of our nose is also made up of cartilage. Cartilage is tough but not as tough as a bone.…

Wake up early in the morning and run to the garden. It will be full of tweets. The beautiful twitter of the birds. But have you heard about the other Twitter? You must have heard people mentioning about Twitter. These days people are waking up and checking their computers and phones to read the new…

Human bone is 4 times stronger than the concrete. The thigh bone, Femur, which is also the largest bone of the body is even stronger than a steel bar of same size!! You grow taller while you are sleeping. Your stomach’s digestive juices have so much acid, that together they can melt metal. When you blush…

Do you know that a normal human being has a temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit or 37.0 degrees Celsius? When a person’s temperature goes above 98.6 Fahrenheit, we say that he has a fever. Well Sun’s temperature at the surface of the Sun is about 10,000 Fahrenheit  or 5,600 Celsius, so the sun has a fever always.…

Julie and her mother were just getting on the plane. It was going to be Christmas soon, and they were going to meet her grandparents. Dad was also joining them there in a few days. Julie was happy to get the window seat as she loved to look outside. Just when the plane started rolling, she remembered that she forgot to say…

Skull is made up of several bones. Bones give structure to our body. Without bones, our body will be a big chunk of jelly. So skull gives shape to our head and also gives us our facial features. Bones that make up the skull, like every other bone in the body, are hard and strong from outside.…

Our Earth receives all its heat mostly from the Sun. Since Earth is spherical in shape, sun rays fall on different places on Earth at different angles. This is the reason why every part of our planet is not equally hot. On the equator, the sun rays fall straight where as on either side of the equator they…

Do you remember the time when you were all babies? Were you as smart then as you are now? Have you wondered how have you learnt whatever you have learnt? Tell me how would you  answer all the questions asked below. Do you know the colors of the rainbow? See it Do the flowers smell…