What can make you feel the time of the day?
The ‘Bradley’ is a watch designed for telling time through touch and feel. It is particularly useful for the visually impaired.
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Snoopy of ‘Peanuts’ comic – The official mascot of aerospace safety
Peanuts is a popular comics strip created by Charles M. Schulz. One of the main characters, Snoopy, a beagle, is the official mascot for the US astronauts. On January 27, 1967, the launch test for the Apollo 1 mission went wrong when the crew cabin caught fire killing all three astronauts on board. The Apollo…
Why do jellyfish go invisible when ashore?
Jellyfish are free-swimming invertebrate animals found in the oceans. They are one of the oldest animals on earth dating from more than 500 million years ago. Most jellyfish are transparent and umbrella shaped. They are made of 98 per cent water. If a jellyfish washes up to the shore, it immediately evaporates and becomes almost…
Who is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes?
Linus Pauling was a chemist who contributed immensely to the knowledge of chemistry and biological molecules. For his research on the chemical bonds and their application to find out the structure of complex molecules, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954. Since 1946, Pauling had ceaselessly championed against the nuclear tests and all forms…
Ostriches’ contagious yawning!
It is known that all vertebrate animals yawn. The cause of yawning is not fully understood, but it is surely contagious. Ostriches are known to yawn as soon as they are hatched. Yawning happens mostly before sleep. At night, when ostriches are ready to settle down, they yawn in groups. First, the leader yawns, followed…
Tea as currency
Tea bricks are made by compressing tea leaves of the black tea, ground tea or fermented variety. Because of its high value, tea bricks were used as currency in the late 19th and the 20th century in China and Tibet. Special tea bricks were made with ground tea leaves that were bound with flour or…