Aleksa Pajic
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Why Aliens Might Love Their Frozen Home
Ever since astronomers discovered worlds beyond Earth, they’ve been trying to find life on them. And most were willing to bet that they’d find it on planets that look like Earth. You know, rocky with liquid water flowing on the surface. Not too hot, not too cold. Goldilocks conditions. And all those frozen-over worlds out there? Eh, those’ll be big wastelands.
By Aleksa Pajic10 months ago in Fiction
Why Do People Like the Smell of Gasoline?
We all have that one friend who spends a little too long pumping gas. Taking in all that wonderful, gasoline smell. But unlike the smell of a freshly baked pie or a newborn baby, gasoline doesn’t seem like one of those smells that we should like. After all, we don’t get nutrients from it, we don’t need to look after it, and in a big enough dose, gasoline can make us really sick. But it turns out there are psychological and chemical reasons why so many people love a waft of this gas-station perfume.
By Aleksa Pajic10 months ago in 01
Are We Making More Bermuda Triangles?
There are few places on Earth that remain as shrouded in mystery as the Bermuda Triangle. Legend has it that Miami, Florida; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and the island of Bermuda form the points of a treacherous stretch of water. This area, spanning 1,300,000 to 3,900,000 square kilometers, is said to be the site of unexplained ship and plane disappearances. While these theories are unsubstantiated, the fear and mystery surrounding this patch of ocean must have come from somewhere.
By Aleksa Pajic10 months ago in Fiction
Why Can’t We Scoop All the Plastic Out of the Ocean?
In the Great Pacific garbage patch in the North Pacific there's an estimated 72 000 metric tons of macro Plastics pieces of plastic larger than half a millimeter.That's about the weight of one and a half Titanics and it's actually not alone,there are other such garbage patches defined as having over a million pieces of floating plastic in a square kilometer of ocean so we should clean that up probably but that is unfortunately easier said than done because Any Human Action can have consequences for the environment even if we're trying to fix a problem we created in the first place.There's a whole set of creatures that live right at the surface of the ocean including Blue Button jellies,sea skaters,sea snails,Crustaceans and crabs.
By Aleksa Pajic10 months ago in 01
THESE ANIMALS LOST THEIR STOMACHS.WHY?
Did you hear that? Oh, it's my stomach reminding me of the very important role it plays in my life. But for some animals, Evolution wound up sidelining this organ and its digestive juices. What? That's right, from puffer fish to platypuses, many species that you'd assume were rocking a stomach are in fact getting by just fine without one. And scientists are starting to piece together the evolutionary story of why all of these animals made the gutsy move to lose them.
By Aleksa Pajic10 months ago in Earth
CAN GRAY HAIR BE REVERSED?
CAN GRAY HAIR BE REVERSED? Gray hair is a natural part of the aging process. We all experience it if we live long enough. Some people embrace their gray hair and become gray goddesses or silver foxes. However, for those who are interested in preventing or reversing age-related graying, researchers have some leads. In fact, we may have had these options available to us for decades.
By Aleksa Pajic10 months ago in Humans