Youtube is still the most popular platform – bigger than every other website, except for Google. It has over two billion logged-in monthly users. On average, each user spends 11 minutes 24 seconds per day on the site. Despite these...
The story of the invention of the light bulb is not that straightforward, as it involved multiple scientists. Thomas Edison didn’t invent the light bulb, but he did play a major role in improving and commercializing the technology. Joseph...
The German flag, or Flagge Deutschlands, consists of three horizontal stripes of black, red, and gold (top-to-bottom). Like many other European countries, the German national flag has a fascinating and long-standing history, which can be traced back...
Scientists find a region in northern Ethiopia where water is abundant, but life is absent. The place is Dallol, one of the most remote areas on Earth with a record-high average temperature. So far, no microbial life has been discovered in hot...
It would be historically inaccurate to name a single person or even a country, as the inventor of school. The American politician Horace Mann is generally credited for developing and modernizing schools. Catherine Beecher and Henry Barnard were...
The 18th century, a period of hundred years from 1701 to 1800, is widely regarded as the ‘Age of Enlightenment.’ The ideas of Enlightenment, which were primarily based on the scientific revolution of the previous century, weakened the...
Drawing is more than just doodling on a sketchbook. It’s a form of visual art, a way of expressing emotions and capturing moments in time. In addition to its artistic forms, drawing is often used in commercial animation, illustration...
Dreams can range from being mildly satisfying to vastly frantic. Everyone, including animals, dreams, but why? And why do we almost always forgot those dreams? Below, we have shed light on some of these queries. The scientific study of dreams is...
Vantablack is a fascinating material created by British company Surrey NanoSystems. It is one of the darkest known substances that can absorb as much as 99.965% of visible light (if light falls perpendicular to the material’s surface)...
Drawing is one of the oldest forms of human expression. In the pre-historic era, people used to communicate with drawings. And now, in the present time, the form of visual art has become more advanced and more intelligent. When you draw something...
