Taste buds are located on the surface of the tongue, palate and upper oesophagus. At the age of 40, the onset of reduction of the number of taste buds occurs. By the age of 60, many people lose almost 50 per cent of their taste buds.
Surrogacy is an option for infertile couples. A surrogate mother facilitates the process. In August 2013, a baby was born to Shahrukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan through a surrogate mother. June 2013: An Israeli man, recognized by the authorities as a paedophile, had taken legal custody of a four-year-old Indian girl through an arrangement…
Sailfish are found in warm oceans. They are a well known species of fish, and are is one of the fastest swimmers. They have a long dorsal fin which gets raised when the fish is ‘sailing’ on the surface or is excited. When the fish is swimming fast, the ‘sail’ helps streamline its motion by…
Who can forget the iconic footballer David Beckham zooming up the River Thames in a speedboat carrying the Olympic torch? This would not have been possible during the 1850s when the river used to stink primarily due to human contamination. A letter written by the eminent scientist Michael Faraday regarding his travel by boat along…
Dmitri Mendeleev was not a prophet in Russia because the Tsar did not like his liberal politics. He was not elected to the Russian Academy of Sciences, but in the rest of the world his name was magic.
Delivery in water pool reduces pain and duration of labour. When a mother delivers in a water pool, the buoyancy of the water counter-pressures the contractions, thereby reducing the pain and duration of labour. A famous example of such a delivery was given by the Baywatch star Pamela Anderson. She gave birth to two sons…
