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Crowds across Asia were treated to stunning views of a total solar eclipse on Wednesday morning. Those in Indonesia had the best vantage point, just as the moon blacked out the sun in totality over Indonesia’s main western island of Sumatra, before moving eastwards across Sulawesi and Borneo, and then over to the Maluku Islands. […]
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If you have an active imagination, you may have wondered how possible it is to dig a hole right through the earth! Is it really possible? The answer is No! For the simple reason that if you will have to contend with: More than 12,875 kilometres of solid rock and molten magma! Temperatures up to
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I am pretty certain that by the time you finish this article, you will be seeing the dual actions of itching and scratching in a different light. The Science of Scratching When something bothers the skin, like a mosquito bite, cells release a chemical, usually histamine. That release provokes the nociceptors in the skin to
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This stunning image shows the full view of the Milky Way from the Southern Hemisphere. Scientists stitched together this enormous image from more than 700 observations by the APEX telescope in Chile’s Atacama Desert. It reveals finer details of the galaxy than seen in earlier images, including most of the places where new stars are
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Did you know that drinking Coke out of a glass bottle tastes better than drinking from cans and plastic bottles? Science explains that it all has to do with how the fizzy drink reacts to the material it is being held in – and it seems to be better when surrounded by glass than a
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The above passage, written in a combination of letters and numbers purports that only certain strong minds can read it, reports an article on Yahoo! But that is not exactly true as just about everybody can read the message with ease. But according to one scientist, our ability to read such messages reveals something pretty incredible about the brain. Interpreting
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Microwave ovens cook food incredibly fast, warming up even refrigerated food in minutes or less. But how does this great invention work? Read on as experts on teenkidsnews.com provide the answers. Microwaves – A Form of Energy Microwaves are electromagnetic waves that fly through space at the speed of light. We can’t see microwaves, but
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In 1519, the Portugese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan along with 241 men set out to travel around the Earth. These men kept very careful records as they travelled. Yet, when they returned back, they found that their calendars were off by one day compared with the calendars of everyone in their home countries (Spain and Portugal).
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Does the title of the headline wonder you? It sure sounds almost impossible that new offspring can be brought forth without a fusion of male and female gametes. Initially, a virgin birth, also known as parthenogenesis was thought to be triggered by extreme situations since it was only documented among captive animals – perhaps as
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Norwegian physicist, Andreas Wahl tied himself to the side of a building 45 feet off the ground in an effort to demonstrate a basic law of physics. The only thing keeping him from falling and potentially breaking a body part, or several, was a cable with a weight attached to the end. At first, the
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