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You’d think answering a simple question like why people yawn would be simple. However, it’s not straightforward despite extensive scientific research.

Scientists now think Earth’s oxygen, dust particles, and the Earth’s magnetotail combine to provide the conditions for Moon rusting.

Ever wondered about horsepower? It’s a game of averages. Let’s delve into the answer to how much horsepower does a horse have.

Standard mirrors are not perfectly smooth due to structural irregularities For this reason most mirrors reflect green light better.

Space blindness is a serious side effect of spending prolonged periods in space. How will scientists solve the problem in time for the expedition to Mars?

From ashes of ox hooves, eggshells, pumice, and myrrh to fluoride and sodium lauryl sulfate, the history of toothpaste has come a long way in 7000 years.

A deafening silence is the absence of sound, but it’s the noise that comes before it that really makes it deafening. You can only appreciate the silence because of the noise beforehand.

Is it possible to regrow teeth? Up until recently, dentures and implants were the only way. But soon, medieval dentistry might be history.

The answer to the question “Why are clouds white?” lies in how different-sized particles scatter the light that passes through clouds.

Have you ever tried to pluck a word from memory and it just doesn’t come to mind? The term can often seem within our grasp but tantalisingly beyond reach. Meet lethologica.

Cotton Candy grapes are a taste sensation but the path to cotton candy enlightenment was an arduous journey. From ten thousand plants, just one was selected.

Dead skin cells, pet hair and carpet fibres are part of the cornucopia of ingredients that make up dust. No surprises there, but could dust have a sinister side?

Mostly invisible to the naked eye, dark lightning produces enormous bursts of gamma rays that create showers of electrons and positrons, the electrons’ anti-matter equivalent.

Scientists are fascinated and confounded by Walking Corpse Syndrome, a condition that leaves people believing that they are real-life versions of the walkers that fill our television and movie screens.

Some people experience a compulsion to step off the edge of high places. This illogical urge is called l’appel du vide by the French but translates into English as the more ominous-sounding call of the void.

A Swiss scientist in the late 1940s begun testing spiders on drugs to determine how various chemicals affected a spider’s ability to spin a web. Now NASA continues the research.

A fear of large objects such as statues, boats, planes, and elephants, megalophobia is an anxiety disorder that can be treated with counselling and therapy.