The Oldest Living Thing On Earth
Trees live much longer than any other type of plant or animal. In fact it’s possible to know the age of a tree by counting the rings in its trunk (One ring generally equates to one year). The oldest living tree and hence one of the oldest known living things on Earth is a bristlecone pine tree located in California, North America.
Fractional Distillation Of Air
Did you know that the air we breathe isn’t just oxygen, infact it’s made up of a number of different gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, argon, neon and many others. Each of these gases carry useful properties so separating them from the air around us is extremely beneficial.
High Speed Avalanches
Although an avalanche can mean the fall of any material e.g. snow, soil and even rocks, in common usage it generally refers to a falling mass of ice and snow which breaks away from the side of a mountain or cliff and surges down at great speed.
Preserve Your Body In Ice Like Otzi
Did you know that under extreme cold the human body can be preserved over 1000’s of years. A great example of this was during September 1991 when hikers in the Otztal Alps came across the body of a man who turned out to be over 5000 years old. He was preserved in an airtight pocket beneath a huge glacier.
What Are Earthquakes ?
Earthquakes like hurricanes are not only super destructive forces but continue to remain a mystery in terms of how to predict and anticipate them. To understand the level of destruction associated with earthquakes you really need to look at some examples of the past.
If we go back to the 27th July 1976 in Tangshan, [...]
The Magnetic Earth
A magnet is an object that emits invisble lines of force between its poles. The earth is no different it’s just one big magnet emitting its own magnetic field between its two poles. Earths magnetic field is called the magnetosphere and surrounds the planet stretching over 36,000 miles into space, but why do we have [...]
Black Holes Vs Light
Black holes aren’t just science fiction, scientist actually think they occur. The theory behind their existance is of massive stars dieing and collapsing in on themselves to form a super heavy, mega dense entities. These entities become so tightly packed that they suck in everything around them and thus become a black hole.
To get an idea of their [...]
