Why You Can’t Hear Sound in Space?
For any sounds to reach your ear, it would need a medium (fluid, solid) to propagate. For example, when your friend calls out your name, her vocal folds vibrate and make the sound of your...
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Why Does Microwaving a Grape Produce Plasma?
When a grape is cut in half except for its peel, and placed inside the microwave oven and microwaved for a few seconds, a plasma discharge occurs between those two pieces and under certain conditions, the plasma...
What Happens When Fruits Ripen?
Fruits are more delicious when they are ripened fully, and sometimes exquisite when they are at a certain point of time during the ripening process. So what makes them delicious? Why the fruits ripen and...
Why Launch Sites at the Equator Are Efficient for the Launch Vehicles?
If you have a look at the distribution of the launch sites in a world map, you’d find that most of the launch sites are mostly constructed closer to the equator and in the eastern...
