Jackie Chan vs Bruce Lee, Who was the best

Image credit: Flickr hto 2008 With just 14 years separating their birth (Bruce Lee was born in 1940 and Jackie Chan in 1954), it was Lee’s untimely death in 1973 when he was just 32, that the world was denied any major collaborative work with both these great martial artists and actors sharing the same platform – as friends or foes. ...

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Bhopal disaster, the terrible gas tragedy

The night of 2nd and 3rd of December, 1984 still remains memorable in the minds of the people and the government of Madhya Pradesh because of what happened on that fateful night. This is the day the Bhopal Disaster happened. The Union Carbide India limited which used to manufacture and produce phosgene monomethylamine (MMA), Sevin which...

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The second brain in human stomach

The human body is a machine that is full of wonders. Consider this fact – our stomach has neurotransmitters (nerve cells) similar to the brain means our stomach is our second brain. Second Brain in Human Stomach: According to Dr. Michael Gershon, M.D., author of `The Second Brain’ (HarperCollins, 1999), and a neurobiologist at New York’s...

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Bill Gates – Interesting Facts and Coolest quotes

William Henry Gates, the person who never graduated from a college, is the current chairman and former chief executive of Microsoft. His net worth as on March 2012 was $61 Billion. He founded Microsoft in year 1975 along with his friend Paul Allen. He was rated as the world’s youngest self-made billionaire in year 1987....

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What is Cancer and how to avoid it?

What is cancer: Cancer is simply a unique group of diseases which are characterized by a cell growth that is out of control. In general, there is more than 100 different cancer types with each classified according to the type of cell initially affected. Cancer is known to harm the body when the affected cells divide uncontrollably...

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Inside the Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft

This week, when the space shuttle Endeavour flies from Kennedy Space Center to Los Angeles and its new home at the California Science Center, it also means the retirement of the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) that has been responsible for transporting all the space shuttles for over 35 years. Edwards Air Force Base in California...

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Discovering the World’s Astronomical Heritage

What places best describe humankind’s fascination with the universe?  Try Navajo star ceilings, the Temple of Isis in Egypt, or Stonehenge.  Maybe it’s Qing Dynasty instruments at the Beijing Ancient Observatory or mountaintop telescopes in Chile.  Austria even has a  and a dark-sky oasis. Navajo ...

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Space Shuttle Atlantis Rolls to Retirement

Kennedy Space Center said goodbye to their final departing space shuttle orbiter on Friday, though Atlantis only had to travel 9.8 miles (15.8 km) to her new home just off-site in the process. “It’s bittersweet seeing her go,” said one NASA employee, “but at least she’ll be nearby.” The same can’t be said for the other two orbiters, Discovery...

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A Grand Tour of the Universe

A map of Venus shows rough surface features named after goddesses or famous women (click to enlarge). MAP: National Geographic Maps. SOURCES: Magellan Synthetic Aperture Radar Mosaics, NASA, JPL, USGS Armchair astronomers take note: This space atlas is for you.  Yes, that kind of atlas—a series of maps and...

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Organics Discovered on Mercury

The north pole of Mercury as seen by MESSENGER during a 2008 flyby. Credit: NASA NASA dispatched the Curiosity rover to Mars to look for organics, but a probe orbiting Mercury has beaten it to the punch. New results from the MESSENGER spacecraft not only confirm that the planet closest to the sun has ice inside shaded craters near the...

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Bear Grylls – The Man vs Wild

If you are familiar with Discovery T.V Channel than you must be familiar with a man who is left alone to any of the remote and the dangerous tourist locations like forests, deserts, rivers, plains and glaciers round the world and than survive using simple techniques, by eating insects, frogs and other bugs and by finding...

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Who invented Paper?

Paper today is produced across the world whereby the cellulose pulp (moist fibers) derived from wood, grasses or rags is pressed together and subsequently dried into flexible sheets. Who invented Paper: There has been much debate on who invented paper with many theories doing the rounds. One such popular belief was that the paper has...

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Are mermaids real

Mermaids have caught the fancy of mankind for many centuries now.  Be it an anecdote or a narrative, mermaids have generated curiosity amongst children and grown-ups alike.  What is a mermaid? From the legends, it is widely believed that mermaids are an aquatic creature which has an upper body of a woman and the tail of...

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2 amazing animals that are extinct

When conservation of wildlife activities intensifies, many people only think of such measures as being unduly restrictive. The going into extinction by man’s indiscriminate hunting of the two species of animals – Quagga and Great Auk – has proved that when poaching and other illegal activities that cause loss of animal life are not...

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Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi, The Father of Algebra

Name: Abu Abdullah Muhammad  ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi Born: 780 AD in Khwarizm Died: 850 AD in Baghdad Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi was a Mathematician who lived around the 780′s and has made great contributions to the world of mathematics and science. Noteworthy, though, is his development of the algorithms in the same...

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Some amazing facts about Solar Eclipse

Witnessing a Solar or lunar eclipse is always a very stunning experience for those who love to see miracles. By the Way how many of you have witnessed the most recent Solar Eclipse which occurred yesterday on May 20, 2012? Have you ever thought how this rare phenomenon occurs? Let us put some light on it. What is Solar Eclipse: A solar...

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What happens to Human body in space

In many Hollywood movies, you must have seen such scenes where an astronaut gets a hole in his special space uniform while he is in space and due to low pressure his body starts blowing like a balloon and can even explode. Although the temperature in space is as low as freezing but there is also direct radioactive rays from sun that...

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Some cool facts about planet earth

Planet earth is the third planet from the sun and the only known planet having Life in it. It is the fifth largest planet of our solar system. In this post, we have tried to gather major components of earth along with all the facts and figures. So lets explore the earth. Facts and figures: Name: Earth Origin of Name: The word “earth”...

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Does Aliens and UFOs exist?

How many of you believe that life exists on other planets and galaxies? Okay, tell me how many of you or your friends ever witnessed a UFO or an alien like man? Do you remember the famous Star Trek Series? Who was your most favorite character? Well guys, today’s post is dedicated to world’s most asked question i.e does aliens and UFOs...

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17 cool facts about Neil Armstrong you must know about

Be it in any part of the world, the name of Neil Armstrong needs no introduction, having been the first human to set foot and walk on the moon.  This feat, way back in 1969, had made him a household name, which is preserved till date.  His words as he stepped on the moon, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”...

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What is Pollution and how to avoid it?

What is Pollution: Pollution has been defined as the adding of contaminants into the environment to the end of changing it completely. The acts of polluting the environment are done either voluntarily or involuntarily. But what is cardinal is that small acts that are aimed at correcting one problem eventually end up harming the environment....

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The Dead Sea, the nature’s wonder

The Dead Sea or the Sea of Salt is one of the natural wonders in the world with some surprising specialties. The dead sea is in fact not a sea but a lake which is being fed by the Jordan river. It is bordered by Jordan, Israel and West Bank. It is famous for its vast amount of salt and other minerals which made this watering body...

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