Why is the blue whale so big?
Intro What is a blue whale? The blue whale is the biggest animal to ever exist on this planet. It is larger than even the biggest dinosaurs known from the fossil record. It weighs roughly 25 times as much as…
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Why does your heart beat faster when you get scared?
Intro Has this ever happened to you when you get scared: your heart starts beating faster, you get a sudden rush of energy in your muscles and a feeling of butterflies in your stomach? So why does it happen? It’s…
What is the Bloop?
Intro The Bloop was a mysterious sound so powerful that it travelled through the depths of the ocean and was detected by hydrophones thousands of miles apart. Its strange nature captured people’s imagination and gave rise to one of the…
What is Sleep Paralysis?
Intro Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night, fully aware of your surroundings but unable to move an inch? You may even feel as though someone—or something—is in the room with you. Some people see a…
Why we can’t tickle ourselves
Introduction Have you ever been tickled mercilessly by someone? Tickling is a really fun way to make people laugh, so intense that it can be painful and hard to breathe for the people who are extra ticklish. It is a…
Why is the sky blue?
Intro At some point in their life many people have looked at the sky and asked why the sky is clear blue. Turns out many people around the world have wondered the same, and a lot of them were scientists…
Why do onions make us cry?
Introduction Onions are one of the most consumed vegetables in the world. They appear in countless dishes, be it a soup, sauté, or as a side dish to a main course. But every chef worth their salt has at least…