Universal Knowledge

RESEARCHERS don't fully understand how the body's internal clocks coordinate. But they do know your body will notice when its circadian rhythms are mismatched…

IN the 1990's, a Colombian dancer choreographer called Alberto 'Beto' Perez forgot to bring a tape of aerobics music to the class he taught. Instead he fou…

THE same way it's against the law to steal someone's bike or car, it's also illegal to steal a novel invention. The reason: That invention is also consider…

IN the late 1700s in America large four horse broad-wheeled wagons had no seat for the driver. He rode the last horse on the left.    Whenever one of these wagon driv…

RESEARCHERS have found that certain mosquito nerve cells, known as cpA neurons, cause mosquitoes to be attracted to humans by detecting exhaled carbon dioxide (CO2) a…

IT is the recycling number generally found at the bottom of the container or in a lower corner. It is meant to help those engaged in recycling to sort out plastic…

It ordinary sand coated with a hydrophobic compound called trimethylsilanol. This compound makes the sand resistant to water. The substance which was originally made…

NEAR the city Leshan in southern China.The 71m tall giant statue, which is a World Heritage Site, has been carved out of a hill side overlooking the confluence of th…

YES! You will be surprised to know that the ozone gas whose layer protects us from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays in fact a pollutant at the ground level! The …

THE first piano was created in the shop of Bartolomeo Cristofori in the early 1700s. Cristofori was an Italian craftsman who used to repair a musical instrument cal…