What was the dancing plague of 1518? The dancing plague of 1518 happened in Strasbourg, France, and up to 400 people couldn’t stop dancing for several weeks. It is said that many people died of exhaustion. Everything is said to have started in July 1518, in a town called Strasbourg, which is now in France, […]
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Is gut feeling real? Yes, gut feeling is real. It can be a case of your gut reflecting what your brain is subconsciously thinking, and it can be a way that your gut biome affects your brain. Our gut microbiome is a living mass of organisms that we couldn’t live without. It is estimated that
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Could a perpetual motion machine be possible? No, because any perpetual motion machine would break the laws of thermodynamics. The definition of a machine is a device used to perform a task. Any perpetual motion machine has to be able to perform work to be a machine. There are a lot of people that say
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Does the ozone layer still have a hole? Yes, the ozone layer does still have a hole, although it is slowly repairing itself. The ozone layer is not very thick, but it is vital to our survival on this planet. We talk about a hole in the ozone layer, but it is not an impenetrable
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What are curds and whey? The curds are the coagulated proteins from milk and the whey is the left over liquid. Cheese is a diary product made by coagulating casein, which is the milk protein. Making milk into cheese is a good way of making it last much longer because cheese doesn’t spoil as fast
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Why is the Mariana Trench so deep? The Mariana Trench is so deep because it has formed where the dense Pacific Plate has sunk underneath the less dense Philippine Sea Plate. The Mariana Trench is well known as the deepest point on Earth. Its deepest point is 10,984 meters. The pressure at that depth is
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How can astronomers detect planets? Astronomers can detect planets by seeing how they dim their stars, how they pull on their stars, and how they filter the light coming from their stars. So far, astronomers have detected 5,867 planets in 4,377 planetary systems. There are another 2,958 that haven’t been confirmed yet. That’ll bring the
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How do cities affect animal evolution? Animals have to evolve to survive in cities in numerous ways. They have to cope with the heat, the buildings, vehicles, different food sources, and many other things as well. In the history of our planet, urbanization is a relatively recent concept. The first cities appear to have sprung
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What is the Great Filter? The Great Filter is one of the possible explanations for why we might not find other intelligent life in the universe. It is a point at which no intelligent life can pass. You may have heard of the Fermi Paradox. I wrote an article about it before. Enrico Fermi was
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Why is there no cure for the common cold? There is no cure for the common cold because it is a virus and because there are so many different forms of it. The common cold is called the common cold because it is the most common of all the illnesses humans get. There is obviously
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