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Why Our Top Eyelashes Are Longer Than Our Bottom Eyelashes
The upper eyelid is larger, longer and has deeper roots so it can support more luscious lashes. All mammals have this feature, but why have the eyes developed this way? The most significant reason is to protect our eyeballs. But having longer top eyelashes can also help us express our feelings and communicate with others.…
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Earth’s Rock-Solid Connections Between Canada and Australia Contain Clues About the Origin of Life
The rocks at the surface of the modern Earth are broadly divided into two types: felsic and mafic. Felsic rocks are generally relatively low density — for a rock — and light in colour because they are made from whitish minerals rich in silicon and aluminium. Half Dome in California is made of granite that…
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What Earth Would Be Like If We Hadn’t Pumped Greenhouse Gases into the Atmosphere
Earth’s atmosphere is a remarkably thin layer of gases that sustain life. The diameter of Earth is 12,742km and the atmosphere is about 100km thick. If you took a model globe and wrapped it up, a single sheet of tissue paper would represent the thickness of the atmosphere. The gases that make up Earth’s atmosphere…
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This Gadget Turns Seawater into Drinking Water and, Yes, You Can Actually Buy It
We’ve all seen plenty of tech and gadget innovations appear on crowdfunding sites only for them to go absolutely nowhere. Reasons why these things fall by the wayside are many and varied, but common issues are a lack of sufficient investment, production complexities, the inability to scale up for mass market and so on. More…