A volcano is basically an opening in the earth’s (or any celestial body) crust through which magma, ash, and volcanic gases are ejected. Typically, volcanoes are located along the fault lines between the tectonic plates. Perhaps the most...
When we talk about superheroes, we talk about their superpowers, their strength, their ability to attract women, and the same can be said for superheroines. But today we are not going to babble about some supernatural power, who is superior and all...
What is the tallest structure humans could ever build? Considering the shape of Earth and existing technology, we could possibly build a 4-kilometer-tall and 6-kilometer-wide building. It would have 800 floors that could accommodate up to one...
Civil aviation has evolved quite rapidly from just a few ex-military planes flying passengers over relatively short distances after the Second World War to a complex network of flight paths, dedicated protocols, and a growing number of regional and...
Nikola Tesla was, without a doubt, one of the greatest inventors in history. Born in 1856 to a Serbian family, Tesla had always been ahead of his time. He graduated school a year early, excelled in the university where he studied electrical...
Do you know that Antarctica was once the part of Gondwana super-continent which consisted of modern-day Africa, Australia, South Africa, South America, and the Indian Subcontinent? That’s right, the Antarctica we see today is a result of a...
Uranium is known to humanity since at least 79 AD when it was used in the ceramic industry (natural oxide form) in several parts of Europe. The chemical element was formally discovered only in 1789, when Martin Heinrich Klaproth, a German chemist...
The term ‘government’ refers to a system or a group of people who administer a large community, usually a state. A government exercises political and executive powers through various legal institutions established within the state. It...
Special forces, or special operations forces are highly trained military units which are well equipped to perform unconventional or unorthodox covert missions concerning a nation’s political and economic interests. There have been many accounts of...
Every rock has specific mineralogy and chemical composition based on which they are characterized and separated from other rock types. Then there is texture such as grain-size which help researchers to distinguish them visually. In general, rocks...
The Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and the only intact man-made wonder of the ancient world. Surely it is one of the most mysterious and miraculous things in the world that still astound historians and a layman, like us, the same. But what makes it...
What makes one country richer than the other? Is it the abundance of natural resources or is it the total number of billionaire citizens? Well, actually it is none of these, instead there is a universal economic indicator that help us decide which...