Human Body
What causes hangovers?Headache, fatigue, shakes; nausea, all the symptoms at the same time is a hangover. The main cause of the hangover is having alcoholic beverages. These beverages contain ethanol. Liver enzymes help the liver to break ethanol, but too much of alcohol does not allow the liver enzymes to properly process ...
Animals
How to get rid of silverfish?Silverfish is not harmful for the humans but they may do harm to your things like books, clothes, food etc. Here are some ways to get rid of silverfish:- Proper sanitation is important as it prevents reinfestation. Silverfish are attracted towards moist places like sinks, bathroom, piles of leaves, laundry room ...
Beauty
How to remove blackheads?Blackhead is a small bump on your skin. It is caused due to the oily skin, whereas whitehead is caused due to both oily and dry skin. There are millions of tiny pores in our skin. Many times the dead skin cells and excess oil produced by our skin clog ...
History
Why did the U.S enter the Vietnam War?
After the Second World War many countries of Eastern Europe had come under the communist rule like china, Russia etc. America, Africa and Asia were also coming under the influence of communist rule. U.S felt that if the same situation continues then they would lose the cold war. Cold war ...
Universe
Why does the moon have craters?
There are many craters on the moon which are formed when something smashes on the surface and causes a dent. These craters are formed mainly because of the collision of asteroids, meteorites with the moon. They strike on surface with different speeds but the average speed is 12 miles per ...
Computers
What is a blog?Blog is the short name (abbreviated version) of “weblog”. In simple words, we can say that blog is a type of website or some part of a website. It is the web journal where the blogger ( a person who maintains and adds content to the blog) updates the content ...
Health
What are the effects of high blood pressure?Blood pressure is the pressure of blood inside the blood vessels, or we can say the push of blood against the walls of arteries. Heart beats pump the blood into arteries, and this time the blood pressure is highest in the body, it is known as systolic pressure. When the ...
Science
Plants grow from the seeds, and the seeds are covered by a natural coating known as seed coat. Water is very helpful to develop a seedling from the embryo of a seed and further helps the seedling to break the seed coat. This process is known as germination. Some seeds ...
Most of the people rely only on weighing scale to know if they are overweight. But body mass index (BMI) is better way to know about your total body fat according to your weight and height. By calculating body mass index you can easily conclude or get the idea that ...
Exterior coating of Statue of Liberty is made up of copper metal which protects the statue. Copper can easily react with other elements. The Statue of Liberty is green in color because a process called oxidation has happened. In this process copper reacts with oxygen in the air and forms a ...
Learning about the body language is a skill. If we can interpret the body language of others then we can better understand what he feels and thinks, whether his words are matching with his words or not. To interpret body language you have to observe a person from top to ...
You must have heard the term body fat percentage. It is the percentage of fat present in your body. If your body weighs 160 pounds and you have 10 percent of fat then your body contains 16 pounds of fat tissues and 144 pounds of lean tissue or fat free ...
Plastics bags are made up of polyethylene in its low density form (LDPE). This polythene is derived from natural gas, crude oil and non-renewable sources. Blown film extrusion or “tubular film extrusion†is one of the most common ways to make a plastic bag. The plastic resin pellets of different types ...
Grass has green color because it has a pigment like other plants called as chlorophyll. This pigment is found in organelles (little factories) in a plant cell known as chloroplasts which is involved in the process called photosynthesis (a process by which plants make their food). In this process carbon ...