Coconut Crab: The Monstrous Predator that Might Have Killed Amelia Earhart
The Coconut Crab has been branded as “monstrous” by none other than Charles Darwin himself. The sheer size of the creature would classify it as a monster predator, especially considering its oversized, massive claws. The Coconut Crab is primarily found in the Southern Pacific Ocean and is the largest land-living arthropod. Spanning a spectacular width…
Kardashev Scale: Measuring a Civilization’s Level of Technology and Its Potential to Advance
Famous astronomer Carl Sagan commented we are in a period of “… technological adolescence.” At this period in time, humans have existed only 0.0015% of the total time since the universe was created. That is over 13.8 billion years and counting. It shows how young we are and also illustrates our extreme potential in that we have…
Rick Rojatt—The Stuntman Who Became Famous as the Human Fly
While many people crave for fame and fortune, there are some who, having tasted each, prefer to revert to anonymity. Rick Rojatt, The Human Fly, is someone in this category. He appeared seemingly out of nowhere to astound the world with his extraordinary, death-defying stunts and disappeared almost as suddenly and offering no explanation. Throughout…
Harlow’s Experiment on Rhesus Monkeys for Maternal Love and Cognitive Development
Psychologists have always pondered over the subject of love. Love may be categorized and characterized in many ways, one of which is maternal love. Harry Harlow was one of the first psychologists to understand the depth of the behavioural characteristics, in this context, exhibited by young rhesus monkeys. The characteristics studied included ‘isolation’, ‘maternal deprivation’,…
Six Flags New Orleans: The Theme Park That Was Abandoned after Hurricane Katrina
Bounties of nature are blessings. Even the ravages of nature are a blessing, albeit in disguised as a tragedy. So, when New Orleans city of America was hit by Hurricane Katrina, the state administration woke up to its lapses of commission and omission. And realized that it was more of a manmade disaster than a…
The Coconut Crab has been branded as “monstrous” by none other than Charles Darwin himself. The sheer size of the creature would classify it as a monster predator, especially considering its oversized, massive claws. The ...
Famous astronomer Carl Sagan commented we are in a period of “… technological adolescence.” At this period in time, humans have existed only 0.0015% of the total time since the universe was created. That is over ...
While many people crave for fame and fortune, there are some who, having tasted each, prefer to revert to anonymity. Rick Rojatt, The Human Fly, is someone in this category. He appeared seemingly out of ...
Psychologists have always pondered over the subject of love. Love may be categorized and characterized ...
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The Coconut Crab has been branded as “monstrous” by none other than Charles Darwin himself. The sheer size of the ...
It takes little to almost nothing for us to take a trip back to the horrific time of the World Wars. Almost all inventions that are used more as a necessity today, either witnessed their inception or their development during the Wars, especially the Second World War. Following the disastrous Second World War, palpating tension...
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