Why do locusts swarm? Locusts swarm because they come into contact with other locusts. This seems like a chicken and an egg problem. Locusts swarm because they come into contact with other locusts, and they come into contact with other locusts because they swarm. A locust swarm can be a terrible sight to behold. There […]
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What is the Antikythera mechanism? It is a machine that was found in an ancient shipwreck near the island of Antikythera, a Greek island on the edge of the Aegean Sea. It is thought to be a machine to predict eclipses, model the lunar phases, and track astronomical cycles. It is also said to be
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How is wombat poo cube shaped? They have a very elastic intestinal tract, which shapes their poo into 2 cm cubes. Wombats are four-legged marsupials that are native to Australia. They are low to the ground and weigh about 35 kg, giving them a low center of gravity. A lot of different types of wombats
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Why is the sun’s corona so hot? The corona of the sun is so much hotter than the surface of the sun because it is probably heated by waves that carry extra energy out from the sun. This is currently the most likely theory. The corona of the sun is the outer edge of the
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How did a Roman aqueduct work? An aqueduct works by moving water from an area of higher elevation to an area of lower elevation using the force of gravity. The word aqueduct comes from Latin, and we still use several Roman aqueducts, but the Romans didn’t invent the aqueduct. The word is made from “aqua”,
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Why do crabs use sea anemones as weapons? The crab, known as the pom-pom crab, uses sea anemones to defend against predators and to sting its prey. There are three types of symbiotic relationships in the world. The first is mutualism. In a mutualistic relationship, both parties receive a benefit that they would not be
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What are the Olmec colossal heads? The Olmec colossal heads are a group of 17 giant heads carved out of stone by the Olmec people in sometime before 900 BC. The Olmec people were an early civilization living in what is now the Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco, in the south of Mexico, near
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Why did Napoleon invade Russia? Napoleon invaded Russia because he wanted to force back Russian troops and consolidate all of his power in Europe. He assumed that he would be able to defeat the Russians and, as Hitler did later on, underestimated them. Napoleon had come to power through a coup in 1799 and made
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Why do things go stale? Things go stale because they either lose water or they gain water, making them difficult to eat. If you leave food out on your kitchen counter, it very quickly starts to go stale. Foods that are soft tend to get hard, and foods that are hard tend to get soft.
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What is Peto’s Paradox? Peto’s Paradox is an observation that the occurrence of cancer in an organism doesn’t increase in line with the number of cells that organism has. Because cancer is caused by mutations in cells, it would be logical that the more cells an organism has, the more occurrences of cancer it will
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