Does Bigfoot Really Exist? Bigfoot is the most famous of the world ’s mysterious creatures, and a real celebrity among cryptids. Known as Sasquatch in the Pacific Northwest, Skunk Ape in the South, and various other monikers across North America, Bigfoot is also the most widely dispersed creature of cryptozoology. In fact, the beasty is […]
Human blood is a beautiful red color, but the blood of some animals – and of humans under certain conditions – is a different color. The function of all blood is to transport vital substances around a body. Animal blood may perform some of its transport jobs in a different way from human blood, however. […]
The Devil in the Pine Barrens The Jersey Devil is among the lesser-known cryptids said to inhabit North America, but its story is perhaps the most bone-chilling. It makes its home in the dense woodlands of the Southern New Jersey Pine Barrens, a foreboding forest where few are brave enough to venture too deeply. Through […]
You are half way through your schooling and have spent all of your first year studying, cramming, coming up with creative ways to keep the million drugs straight for that pharmacology quiz and passed what feels like a million lab practicals! You ’re prepared, right? You are, but you may not feel that way. Here […]
Why are certain eye colors rare? Eye color is a polygenic trait. This means it is a complex characteristic determined by the interaction of multiple genes inherited from parents. Certain eye colors are rare partly because only very few people are carriers of these rare eye-color-genes. Secondly, rare eye-color-genes are recessive. This means they are […]
CHINESE IN 18 MONTHSIntroduction Months 1-6: PAVC 1 & 2 Months 7-12: PAVC 3 Months 13-18: 8000 Sentences Speaking and Listening Practice Reading and Writing Practice 25 Essential Chinese Tools Radically improve your Chinese ability with this significant list of 25 essential Chinese learning tools designed to enhance and add fun to your Mandarin Chinese […]
Have you have wondered how many standard sized M&M’s would fit in a container? Perhaps you had the luxury of participating in a contest during your youth where the object was to guess the number of M&M’s in a container. How did you fair? What approach did you take to figure it out? Well, there […]
Things Needed to Make a Simple CompassSewing needle Small bar magnet Small piece of cork Small recipient (glass or plastic cup) Small metal screws, nuts and staples A compass can be very useful for navigation purposes. Ancient civilizations used naturally magnetized stones, such as lodestons, as aids in ocean navigation. Compasses were known by the […]
These people may have changed the world as much as science and technology Religions have been around for thousands of years. Perhaps the world ’s oldest is ancestor worship, also known as the ghost cult, and countless others have been added over the centuries. Many of these religions have a leader or founder and this […]
Why Feed the Birds? Many of us around the word have set up bird feeders in our backyards, providing year-round nourishment for wild birds. In exchange, as wanna-be naturalists we get to witness nature up close, and enjoy the company of backyard inhabitants who otherwise would remain hidden up in the branches. Some take it […]