By Valentina Ménager This has been the reality for many who have been killed by carbon eruptions. A limnic eruption occurs when a lake explodes and shoots a cloud of carbon dioxide into the air. This happens when a lake is unable to experience any sort of...
Are We Alone in the Vast Universe?
— Ocie Siegell-GoriBy Ava Lennon There are only two Northern White Rhinos alive on earth. Despite the odds, scientists are trying to bring the species back from the dead. Najin and Fatu, both female, are the only two Northern White Rhinos on Earth. Driven to extinction by the over-poaching...
[gallery columns="2" ids="231,230"] By Valentina Ménager Usually, our brains turn into soap as we decompose. Rarely do they turn into glass. This is what happened when Mount Vesuvius erupted over the Italian cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum two thousand years ago, killing thousands of people and permanently...
How are Fighter Jets Invisible?
— Zed GreenBy Uma Gambhir On a flat surface, the shortest way to get from point A to B is to walk in a straight line that connects the two points. But space is not flat, it is curved. To get from point A to B, you would...
By Ava Lennon As your body grows, so does your brain. Its different lobes develop throughout your adolescent years, so that by the time you’re an adult you can think and function correctly. The human brain reaches its complete adult volume at age 10, around a...