To some, a howling dog portends death and destruction. But to those with creative persuasion, a howl inspires artistic excellence. Allen Ginsberg launched his poetry career on a poem called “Howl” and a throng of horror film makers built a strong following making werewolf films. One filmmaker of note in that area is Joe Dante […]
You’ve seen and heard stories about dogs doing nasty things in public. Even trained dogs go off their rocker sometimes. That’s why you can’t blame some people to call dogs stupid animals– especially if they poop in public. No matter how much you toilet train your dog if it catches diarrhea, there’s no way you […]
We don’t like dogs that can’t learn tricks fast—at least the simple ones. For some reason, we all want pet dogs because we want to teach them a trick or two. It is said the easiest trick you can teach your dog is to make it follow you around. That one doesn’t need much training […]
You have seen tons of reality videos showing people in various stages of public humiliation. And the most shameful of these is a dog humping somebody’s pants. There’s nothing shameful about the act per se– it’s the act of doing it in public. Why do dogs hump anything Some curious theories why dogs hump are: […]
You can’t imagine a dog that doesn’t pant. Dogs have a charming way of doing it that easily wins us over. It’s what they do if they don’t bark or sniff. We take dog panting for granted since it’s the most natural thing in the world. But whether you like it or not, there certain […]
Before you think of beer and whisky, you ought to know that there are generally two kinds of alcohol: the first group is called the […]
It’s unavoidable that soda bottles or cans are moved around in shopping bags, or fall down on their side and roll on the floor or ground. Or it may be because some pranksters think it’s funny to see a soda bottle or can explode in your face. During these times, it’s safer not to immediately open the soda or else you’d get wet from the exploding foam. But why does […]
Blood is constantly moving inside the human body. It is distributed to all parts of the body so it can deliver oxygen to internal organs. This ability to move is due to the pressure exerted by the heart when pumping. The faster the heart pumps, the higher the blood pressure rises. Blood pressure is at its highest when the heart pumps the blood, which is what we call as heartbeat. […]
Sugar, like salt, dissolves easily when mixed with water. The sugar molecules break up easily and do not reform again after the water molecules pull them away from each other like magnets do to iron fillings. The attraction between the water and sugar molecules depends on the charge each one emits. The sugar molecules are known to have hydroxyl groups that have a slight negative charge. On one hand, the […]
All of us had, in one time or another, encountered the Pythagorean Theorem. A fundamental formula in Geometry, the theorem was first found stated in Babylonian text around 1900 BC. It was around 500 BC, however, that a proof to the theorem was discovered. Traditionally, Phythagoras, a famous Greek mathematician, was believed to have found the proof. This claim, albeit credible, wasn’t thoroughly discussed in detail until the publication of […]
In our Biology class we learn that we have two lungs, the left and the right. Looking deeper, we observe that the left lung seems to only have two lobes, while the right lung has three. The right lung may be shorter, but it’s wider than the left. Why does our right lung have three lobes and is wider than the left lung? The answer is to make space for […]
Observers of American politics have already said this: the U.S. Government is strongly supportive of Israel. Despite Israel’s socio-political activities against Palestine and Lebanon, the United States continues to funnel economic and military aid to Israel’s coffers. Why does the U.S. support Israel? The reasons may be found in three contexts: historical, religious, and economic. In History The historical connections of Israel with the Western countries began after World War […]
Unlike climates that normally stays the same for much longer periods, weather changes so often each day or each hour. One day we have sunny skies, the next day we’ll have a cloudy day. Sometimes, it would be rainy one morning, and sunny and warm in the afternoon. The weather changes so often it is difficult to predict. But why and how does the weather change? Air Mass and Pressure […]
Our lungs are two large balloon-like organs inside our chest cavity, nestled behind our heart and the upper part of our stomach. Through the help of the lungs and the body’s circulatory system, oxygen is distributed to internal organs, and carbon dioxide is expelled from the body. This pair of spongy organs is normally filled with air, and not fluids. However, when fluids build up inside the lungs, it prevents […]
Let’s admit it: Smoking feels good. Each deep drag triggers pleasure receptors in the brain. Dopamine, the “happy” hormone, is released, and as a result, smokers feel “high” without the bad effects, which include drowsiness, depression, and even hallucinations. Those bad effects, however, are just superficial. What really hurts smokers the most are the hidden effects smoking has on the human body. One of these is an immediate increase in […]
The Tower of Pisa wasn’t leaning when it was built in 1173; it was as straight as a pole. It only began to shift direction shortly after construction due to a poorly built foundation and a loose layer of subsoil. It was leaning to the southeast, at first, before the unstable foundation shifted and started leaning towards the southwest. After a phase of structural strengthening in the early twenty-first century, […]