Science & Nature

Science & Nature In 1989, Scientists at IBM Succeeded in Arranging 35 Individual Xenon Atoms on a Substrate of Chilled Crystal of Nickel to Spell Out the Initials “IBM.” It was the First Time Atoms Had Been Positioned on a Flat Surface. October 18, 2022

Science & Nature Humans Have the Highest Daytime Visual Acuity of Any Mammal. However, We Have Relatively Poor Night Vision. October 17, 2022

Science & Nature William Rankin is One of Two People to Have Ever Survived Falling Through a Thunderstorm Cloud. He Fell for Almost 40 Minutes, Suffered Serious Injuries, Including Frosbite. October 13, 2022

Science & Nature The Evil Number Known as the Belphegor’s Prime: 1000000000000066600000000000001 is a Palindromic Prime with 666 in the Middle and 13 Zeros on Each Side. It is Named After the Prince of Hell. October 7, 2022

Science & Nature The Life Expectancy of Reinforced Concrete is About 50 to 100 Years. October 2, 2022

Science & Nature The Big Bang was Not Actually an Explosion that Happened in the Center of the Universe. In Fact, There is No Such Thing as the Center of the Universe. The Big Bang Happened and Has Been Happening Everywhere All at Once. October 1, 2022

Science & Nature John Aaron Saved the Apollo 12 Mission. He was the Engineer in the Control Room of NASA that Prevented the Astronauts of Apollo 12 from Aborting the Mission Seconds After Launching. October 1, 2022

Science & Nature If All the Spores of a Single Giant Puffball Mushroom Had a 100% Germination Success, Followed by the Same for Its Offspring, the Resulting Mass of Fungi Would Amount to 800 Times the Volume of Earth. October 1, 2022

Science & Nature A Plant Hopper, Issus coleoptratus, is the First Species Found to Have Functional Biological Gears. September 28, 2022

Science & Nature Mercury Sometimes Has a Double Sunrise Due to its Slow Rotation Around its Own Axis and its Uneven Orbital Path Around the Sun. September 27, 2022

Science & Nature Pete Conrad’s First Words on the Moon were, “Whoopie! Man, That May Have Been a Small One for Neil, but That’s a Long One for Me.” He Won the $500 Bet with an Italian Reporter but Never Got the Money. September 21, 2022

Science & Nature Alaska was Hit by the 4th Largest Megatsunami on Earth in 2015. September 20, 2022

Science & Nature According to Quantum Physicist Niels Bohr, The Person who Draws First in a Gun Dual Loses. This is Termed as the Gunslinger Effect. September 19, 2022

Science & Nature According to Research, People Who Have Dark Humor Also Have Higher IQs and Are Less Aggressive. September 19, 2022

Science & Nature Marie Curie Kept Vials of Radium in Her Pocket and on Her Nightstand Because She Liked How They Glowed. September 12, 2022

Science & Nature Marie Curie is Buried in a Lead-Lined Coffin. Her Body and Notes are Highly Radioactive because She Worked with Radium. September 10, 2022

Science & Nature Mary Anning and her Brother Discovered the First Ichthyosaur Fossil When She was Only 12 Years Old. She Eventually Discovered Many More Fossils that Revolutionalized the Field of Paleontology. Unfortunately, She Did Not Get Full Credit for Her Discoveries Because She was a Woman. September 6, 2022

Science & Nature Early Scientists Did Not Know Where Babies Came From. They were Only able to Figure it Out By 1875. September 5, 2022

Science & Nature The Chicxulub Crater is the Result of an Asteroid Impact That Caused the Dinosaur Extinction. The Event Set 70% of the World’s Forests on Fire and Caused Tsunamis That Rose to a Height of 300 Feet. August 26, 2022

Science & Nature A Bonsai Tree is not a Species of Tree. It is a Method of Growing Trees that Aims to Create a Miniature Version of a Fully Mature Tree. August 25, 2022