Nature
Deepest Lake In The World ?
Lake Baikal (Baikal) in Siberia, Russia is the deepest lake in the world measuring 1620m deep at its deepest point. This makes it not only deep but also the oldest lake in the world estimated to be around 25 million years old.
How Do Camels Survive The Desert ?
The body of a camel is so amazingly adapted to survival in the desert that it can with stand even the harshest of desert climates. Their biggest strength has to be their ability to survive without food and water for long periods of time. This unique ability stems from their body being able to store fat in their humps.
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.
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 [...]
Water Can Crack Metal
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Did you know that water can expand in volume by around 1/9th of its total composition. This means that when frozen it occupies more space than when in liquid form.
The above phenomena is very common in houses where water pipes burst over the winter due to ice forming in the pipes. The pipes which were [...]