How Does Soap Work?

Find out the mechanism behind one of the most common household products

Soap_Molecule

Table of Contents Liquid, solid or powder, all soaps work similarly Soap is so easily available nowadays that we often take it for granted. Though soap became commonly used around 1000 years ago, it took a long time for people to realize just how useful it is! Disease was mysterious […]

How Does Soap Work?

Find out the mechanism behind one of the most common household products

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Table of Contents Liquid, solid or powder, all soaps work similarly Soap is so easily available nowadays that we often take it for granted. Though soap became commonly used around 1000 years ago, it took a long time for people to realize just how useful it is! Disease was mysterious

How Long Have Sharks Been Around?

Meet the sharks

Table of Contents Meet the Sharks Meet the sharks, Credit: Wikimedia/Kschotanus It’s quite hard to imagine a shark without conjuring up images of a scary predator swimming through the murky ocean hunting for its next prey. While some of these awe-inspiring creatures, like the great white, are known to be

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Table of Contents Meet the Sharks Meet the sharks, Credit: Wikimedia/Kschotanus It’s quite hard to imagine a shark without conjuring up images of a scary predator swimming through the murky ocean hunting for its next prey. While some of these awe-inspiring creatures, like the great white, are known to be

Why do People Get Hiccups?

The brain sends signals to the diaphragm during hiccups

Table of Contents An *Hic!* Introduction to hiccups What are hiccups? Credit: Wikimedia/117Avenue Do you remember what you did the last time you got hiccups? Did you hold your breath for a whole minute? Or, maybe, someone tried to scare the hiccups away? No? What about trying to drink from

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Table of Contents An *Hic!* Introduction to hiccups What are hiccups? Credit: Wikimedia/117Avenue Do you remember what you did the last time you got hiccups? Did you hold your breath for a whole minute? Or, maybe, someone tried to scare the hiccups away? No? What about trying to drink from

How do Root Modules Form?

Plants need products derived from nitrogen; however, they cannot use free nitrogen in the air. How do they solve this issue? One of the best events in nature is when two different organisms team up and look out for one another. This is referred to as symbiosis. Plants like peas

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Plants need products derived from nitrogen; however, they cannot use free nitrogen in the air. How do they solve this issue? One of the best events in nature is when two different organisms team up and look out for one another. This is referred to as symbiosis. Plants like peas

How Does Optical Fiber Work?

Total_Internal_Reflection_Demo_Optical_Fibers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lic3gCS_bKo Light is the fastest thing in the universe. Why not get light to piggyback data, and make the internet faster? This is where optical fibers out“shine” other methods. Imagine you are in a room, and it has open doors and windows. Now you stand at the center of one

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lic3gCS_bKo Light is the fastest thing in the universe. Why not get light to piggyback data, and make the internet faster? This is where optical fibers out“shine” other methods. Imagine you are in a room, and it has open doors and windows. Now you stand at the center of one

How Does a Color Laser Printer Work?

How_do_printers_work_Color_Laser_Printer_and_inkjet_printer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDiHTK9nwYw Imagine how the world would have been without printers. There would be no newspapers. Books would not be available and acquiring documents would have been so much harder. But how do these devices work? For starters, printers make use of four colored inks only: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDiHTK9nwYw Imagine how the world would have been without printers. There would be no newspapers. Books would not be available and acquiring documents would have been so much harder. But how do these devices work? For starters, printers make use of four colored inks only: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black.

The Slam Dunk Stem Challenge

Slam Dunk

Image Credit: unsplash.com/Tim Mossholder Materials needed A ball made out of crumbled paper, and a bowl Challenge Criteria You need to pick up the ball without using, but you cannot use your hand, or any object that is usually used to pick up objects (tongs, spoons, etc.). Then you have

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Image Credit: unsplash.com/Tim Mossholder Materials needed A ball made out of crumbled paper, and a bowl Challenge Criteria You need to pick up the ball without using, but you cannot use your hand, or any object that is usually used to pick up objects (tongs, spoons, etc.). Then you have

How do MRI Scans Work?

HITACHI, Magnetic Resonance Imaging System, ECHELON OVAL,

HITACHI, Magnetic Resonance Imaging System, ECHELON OVAL, Credit: Wikimedia/Mj-bird The eyes of doctors cannot penetrate the skin. Although many diseases can be diagnosed by accounting for the symptoms alone, some diseases need more sophisticated observation. This is where MRI scans come in handy. MRI stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The

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HITACHI, Magnetic Resonance Imaging System, ECHELON OVAL, Credit: Wikimedia/Mj-bird The eyes of doctors cannot penetrate the skin. Although many diseases can be diagnosed by accounting for the symptoms alone, some diseases need more sophisticated observation. This is where MRI scans come in handy. MRI stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The

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