Why is a pronghorn so fast? The pronghorn evolved to have phenomenal speed so that it could outrun predators that no longer exist. A pronghorn is a hoofed mammal that lives in Western and Central North America. It belongs to the artiodactyl family. This family contains antelopes, hippos, deer, giraffes, camels, and 265 other animals. […]
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What happened at Dunkirk? 338,226 British and French soldiers were evacuated from the beach at Dunkirk over the space of 8 days. That was far better than anyone in the British government expected, but about 20,000 soldiers died and 90,000 were captured by the Germans. Along with that, 300 ships were sunk, 100 planes were
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How are sellotape (Scotch tape), duct tape, stick glue, wood glue, and superglue different? All the types of glue have different chemical components and they are different in the way that they dry. They also stick or don’t stick to different things. Adhesive tape is called sellotape in the UK and Scotch tape in the
How could a whistle get free phone calls? Old telephone routing equipment worked on sound at a specific frequency. Some whistles blew at exactly the same frequency and could be used to trick the phone equipment. The people who were cheating the phone system called themselves “phreaks”, which was a combination of “phone” and “freak”.
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How do drones hover? Drones hover by using a mix of sensors to adjust their rotor blades. The majority of commercially available drones have four sets of rotor blades, one on each corner. This makes them much easier to control at low speeds and much more stable. The military have drones like this, but they
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What is junk DNA? Junk DNA is DNA that doesn’t seem to do anything. It is not part of our coding DNA. DNA is in the cell nucleus of all of our cells. DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. The deoxyribo part is sugar. The nucleic acid part is a long chain like molecule. Inside the
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Why was there a tulip bubble? There was a tulip bubble in Holland and across Europe in the 16th century because tulips were rare and because people didn’t want to lose out on an opportunity to make money. The tulip bubble, also called tulipmania, is a good showcase for human nature. It shows how people
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Why were there so many revolutions in 1848? There are a number of factors why there were so many revolutions in 1848, from economics to climate. Starting in 1848 and going through to 1849, there were revolutions in over 50 different countries and principalities. These were mostly in Europe, but countries in South America were
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What do mitochondria do? Mitochondria produce almost all of the chemical energy that cells need for all of their functions. Without the mitochondria, we can’t do anything. The word “mitochondria” was created in 1898 by a microbiologist called Carl Benda. He took the Greek word “mitos”, which means “thread”, and “khondrion”, which means “little granule”.
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Who was first to the North and South Poles? The first person to reach both the North and South Poles was Roald Amundsen. Although, he didn’t reach the North Pole by foot. The first person to reach the North Pole by foot was Wally Herbert. Let’s look at the North Pole first. There are two
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