M: The London Aquarium is the first attraction of its kind in the capital, and is one of Europe's largest exhibitions of global aquatic life, and it's displayed in over two million litres of water. W: Two million litres of water, that sounds impressi...
Have you ever noticed that you cant see your eyes move when you look in a mirror? Put your face close to the bathroom mirror and look yourself in the eye. Notice the appearance of your eyes. Now, without blinking, look down at your nose, but continue...
Check out my new high-tech socks! They look like boring old socks,Dohn,what's so high-tech about them? They are woven from an odor eating material that also kills athletes foot fungus. Not only that, but the treatment in the fabric survives washing a...
As for why most students dont report needle stick injuriesthat may have to do with the macho culture of medical training. Reporting mistakesespecially small, self inflicted onesis not encouraged. Plus, many med students simply dont have the time to g...
Our modern world, with its skyscrapers, suspension bridges, and automobiles, relies heavily on steel. If you own an aging car however, you know firsthand that steel has one annoying problem: it rusts. All steel, that is, except stainless steel. What...
What do brain damaged patients, adults saying tongue twisters and all children have in common? Theyre more likely to make speech errors than an adult who is speaking under normal circumstances. A common type of speech error in children occurs when on...
W:Are British people really less open about their salaries? M:Well, let's find out! I've invited some of our BBC Learning English colleagues up here to the studio today. And when they arrive let's just ask them how much they earn. And we'll see how t...
If you drop the ball, gravity will pull it toward the center of the earth, but will not diminish that extra eastward speed. So as the ball falls itll outrun the ground and land slightly east of the straight-down point. Edwin H. Hall, a Harvard Univer...
The Earth is made up of plenty of elements, the most abundant ones being iron, oxygen, silicon, magnesium, and sulfur. Chromium is uncommon, but more uncommon than expected. This has scientists puzzled. Where did the chromium go? Chromium was first d...
Sunspots occur at places where the suns irregular magnetic field is highly concentrated. The suns surface is usually reheated by a continual flow of hot material from deep inside the sun. However, a strong concentration in the magnetic field can inte...
Its a distressing fact that human activities are causing the wide-scale extinction of other species on earth. Something you may not know, however, is that the fewer animals there are in a given species, the more at risk that species is and not just b...
Youre driving at night when, suddenly!, youre blinded by a piercing light from somewhere above. Are you about to be abducted by aliens? Alas,no!A car has simply driven up behind you, and its headlightsreflected in your rear-view mirrorare dazzlingly...
Its not uncommon, now and again, to hear a ringing or buzzing in the ear. The condition is called tinnitus, and it can be caused by a number of things such as ear infections, allergies and even as a medication side effect. For most people, tinnitus i...
But there are problems with each of these ideas. For example, it would be difficult to monitor nuclear waste under the ocean floor. Waste buried deep in the earth, meanwhile, might contaminate ground water. And as ice sheets continue to melt, its har...
So does this mean that drinking lots of coffee or tea or even soft drinks will prevent you from getting Alzheimers? Could reversing memory loss caused by Alzheimers be as simple as drinking more coffee? That remains to be seen. But at least one previ...
