It is indeed amazing and absolutely true – when the medusa (adult jellyfish) or Turritopsis Dohrnii comes to the end of its life, it descends to the ocean’s depths and commences decomposition – it starts to decay but remarkably, its cells then reassemble, not into another medusa, but into polyps.Read More →
Fact or Fiction? Oxford University, founded in the 12th century, stands as a beacon of scholarship and tradition. Its roots trace back to 1096 during William II’s reign. The university is approximately 230 years older than the Aztec Empire. Teaching would have likely existed in some form within its hallowed halls. ImagineRead More →
It’s true. 2012 statistics show that citizens of Japan registered 21 million or so pets against 16.5 million children (under 15 years). This is a problem for Japan as it has a growing elderly population. It means Japan has one older person for every three citizens. 33% of the populationRead More →
We are never in the same place twice Our nearest galaxy is the Milky Way and, in a year, it moves 17 billion kilometres from where it was one a year ago. So, by virtue of this fact, we have never been in the same place twice. Earth moves withRead More →
It’s true! Little Lego figures outnumber humans. It is estimated that there are 8.1 billion humans on planet Earth and 10 billion little Lego mini characters. So, humans are out numbered by Lego minifigures!Read More →
It’s true – or at least it was for a 1930’s BBC broadcaster Apparently, the story goes that the most boring news day was 18th April 1930. Imagine turning on your radio ready to hear the news bulletin only to hear a BBC radio presenter announce, ‘There is no news!’Read More →
Did you know that there are more moves in a game of chess than there are atoms in the Universe? Well, it’s true. The universe is so vast it is just mind bogglingly impossible to imagine how many atoms make it up. The estimated number of atoms in the universeRead More →
Inspirational achievement, as India becomes only the fourth country in the world to successfully land on the moon and the first at the south pole India became a new national superpower in space on 23rd August 2023, landing its Chandrayaan-3 mission safely on the moon’s unexplored south pole. The Chandrayaan-3Read More →
Space smells – fact or fiction? It’s true, space has a smell. Space is a vacuum, so no one can smell it directly. But astronauts can smell the things that have been in space, such as their suits or tools. They report that space smells like hot metal, diesel fumes, barbecue, or burning hydrocarbons. TheseRead More →
Mission to the sun Days after India’s successful moon mission, the country is now setting its sights on the sun. According to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the Aditya-L1 spacecraft will be launched from the Sriharikota Spaceport on 2nd September 2023 in a bid to study the sun andRead More →