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What is Radiation?

What is Radiation?

Intro When we think about radiation, images of the Second World War come to mind. The destruction left behind by nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and its effects even years later. After all, nuclear weapons produce enormous amounts of…

Why does nuclear radiation affect DNA?

Why does nuclear radiation affect DNA so much?

Intro Whenever people think about nuclear radiation, images of Chornobyl, mutated creatures, and superheroes made from radioactive accidents come to mind. But it’s not true in real life. Nuclear radiation is quite harmful to the human body, to the point…

Why is the blue whale so big?

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…

What is the Bloop?

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?

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

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?

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…