General Knowledge

Hundreds of questions struck your mind every day and most of them ends up with no answer. Well, we are not talking about the question related to your personal life. We are covering some curious and interesting questions along with fascinating answers that might amaze you. The answers are based on science and general facts. So let’s begin ...

A theory in simple words is a reflective and rational generalization of thinking. On the other hand, a hypothesis is a proposed explanation for any given phenomenon. Both are equally important for the development of a discipline. But things just does not end here, theories and hypothesis are a subject of regular scrutiny. Due to ...

We all know that movies and television dramas (well, most of them) influence our society in a great way and vice-versa, but what about animated TV series or cartoons? Cartoons play an important role in the early development stages of the younger generation. I am sure you have a favorite TV cartoon show that you might have watched ...

The world’s most famous theoretical physicists and cosmologist, Stephen Hawking is mostly known for his groundbreaking achievements in science, which includes Hawking radiation, Hawking energy, Gibbons–Hawking ansatz, Gibbons–Hawking effect, Penrose–Hawking theorems, and much more. His theories on the origin of the Universe, and black holes have transformed our understanding of the cosmos. In addition to these scientific ...

Supercomputers use a big array of CPUs dedicated to processing large data units, but they lack in GPU power. They are much slower than ASICs in terms of processing hashes. The electricity cost of running a supercomputer would be more than the value of mined Bitcoins. Bitcoin mining with current desktop processing power is indeed ...

The holy and joyous occasion of Christmas is once again upon us. Every year, millions of people all over the world celebrate the festival acknowledging the birth of Lord Jesus. Well, we all love Christmas but how much we know about the day anyway? Here are 24 merry facts about Christmas. 26. Rudolph, the red nosed reindeer ...

Medicines play an important role in our daily lives, imagining life without them is almost impossible, especially in this age of information where we don’t have much time to invest in our health. Without medicines, we wouldn’t have a cure for various deadly diseases, polio won’t be eradicated and humankind would always be a slave to virus ...

Can you imagine what would have happened if our ancestors hadn’t discovered important metals such as silver, gold, titanium, and iron, we would be living in huts, using stone as tools and ultimately living the life of stone men. These metals played an important role in shaping our past and are now working as a foundation ...

The density, or more precisely the volumetric mass density, of a substance is its mass per unit volume (denoted in kg/m3). In space, the densest object observed till date is a neutron star — the collapsed core of a massive star with a mass twice of that of the Sun. But what about the Earth? What ...

For a layman, strength and hardness are basically the same thing, but for a material engineer these two are way apart. While the strength of any material indicates its resistance to deformation, the hardness denotes its scratch resistance capability in general. The strength of any material is measured by its tensile strength i.e. the resistive power ...

YouTube is worth $75 billion, and now it has become the actual launchpad for the next generation of internet celebrities. Over the past few years, some of the biggest YouTubers have even snagged big shows from services like Netflix, YouTube Red, etc. It’s no secret that YouTubers with large number of subscriptions use sponsored videos, ...

Medical sciences have come a long way. From indigenous techniques and herbs to sophisticated machines and complex medicines. Worldwide, these medicines are the only reason people live long and strong lives. But it’s not just the medicines that have developed, virus and bacteria have also stepped up in their evolutionary period. You see, medicines and diseases ...