Science Experiments

05/11/2025

Going without food for just 24 hours may sound harmless, but a new simulation reveals shocking changes your body undergoes in a single day of fasting. Within the first few hours, your body starts using stored glucose for energy, keeping your brain and muscles functioning. As time passes, your insulin levels drop, prompting your body to burn fat for fuel.

By around 12 hours, glycogen stores are significantly depleted, and your body begins producing ketones as an alternative energy source. This can lead to increased mental clarity for some, but also irritability or fatigue for others. Your metabolism slightly shifts, conserving energy while prioritising vital organs.

Simulations also show changes in hormones like ghrelin, which spikes and triggers hunger signals, explaining those intense cravings. By the 24-hour mark, your body enters a mild fasting state, improving cellular repair processes and promoting autophagy, where your cells start cleaning out damaged components. However, prolonged fasting without preparation can stress your heart, kidneys, and other organs.

Understanding these changes can help people approach fasting safely, whether for health reasons or intermittent fasting practices. While 24 hours can be manageable for many healthy adults, listening to your body and staying hydrated is crucial. Science continues to uncover how fasting affects our physiology, offering insight into how the body adapts when food is temporarily unavailable.

03/11/2025

MARK YOUR CALANDERS!
A rare sky event is coming soon. On November 3, 2025, the Moon and Saturn will appear side-by-side in the evening sky, creating a brilliant sight visible to the naked eye. As night falls, look toward the southern horizon to see the glowing Moon paired with Saturn’s soft golden light — a perfect moment for sky lovers and photographers.

This alignment is a reminder of the beauty and motion of our solar system. If you enjoy stargazing or simply love natural wonders, mark your calendar and share this with someone who would love to watch it too.

03/11/2025

A major new climate report is sending an urgent message: our planet is showing clear signs of strain, and action is needed now. Researchers found that 22 of Earth’s 34 key environmental indicators are signaling serious stress, pointing to growing risks for our global climate systems.

Titled “World Scientists’ Warning: Vital Signs of the Planet 2025,” the study reviews decades of data on ocean temperatures, Arctic ice, forest health, greenhouse gases, and global warming. The findings show that 2024 was the warmest year ever measured, with rising ocean heat, shrinking ice, and more intense weather events around the world.

Our oceans are warming at record levels, putting marine life and coral reefs under pressure. Arctic ice continues to retreat, reducing Earth’s natural cooling systems and speeding up warming. Scientists caution that without major efforts to protect our environment, long-term climate stability could be at risk.

This report is a reminder that our choices today help shape the world future generations will experience. Communities, leaders, and individuals all play a role.

If you believe in protecting our planet, share your thoughts below — what positive change do you think matters most right now?

03/11/2025

For the first time in recorded history, Saudi Arabia’s Al-Jawf desert was blanketed in snow a breathtaking transformation of golden dunes into shimmering white hills.
The rare weather event followed a powerful mix of heavy rain and hailstorms, which, combined with a sudden temperature drop, created the perfect conditions for snow to form and settle across the desert landscape.
Meteorologists explain that moist air from the Arabian Sea collided with warm desert currents, triggering this extraordinary phenomenon something almost unimaginable in one of the world’s driest regions.
Locals and travelers alike were left in awe as they witnessed the desert’s transformation into a snowy panorama, with scenes more reminiscent of alpine slopes than sandy plains.
A reminder that nature never stops surprising us even the hottest places on Earth can have their moment of winter magic.

02/11/2025

✈️ Ever wondered what it feels like to travel back in time — for real? A flight from Tokyo to Honolulu might be the closest thing you’ll ever experience!
Because of the International Date Line, when you leave Tokyo in the morning, you actually land in Hawaii on the previous evening. It’s one of those mind-bending travel facts that remind us how strange and fascinating our planet’s time zones really are. 🌏
The flight takes about 7 to 8 hours, but your watch says you’ve arrived before you even took off. Crazy, right? It’s not science fiction — just Earth spinning under a web of human-made time zones.
So next time you fly across the Pacific, remember you’re not just changing locations, you’re bending time itself.

02/11/2025

Voyager 1: A 1977 Time Capsule Still Exploring the Cosmos 🚀

Over 15 billion miles from Earth, Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory, an 8-track tape recorder, and code written in FORTRAN. It's controlled using 50-year-old blueprints and takes 22 hours to receive a single command.

Why it still works?
🔹 Rugged, radiation-hardened parts
🔹 Simple, reliable design
🔹 Backup systems
🔹 Engineers who think like it’s 1977

A true marvel of human ingenuity. 💫

01/11/2025

On September 7–8, 2025, the world will witness one of the most widely viewed total lunar eclipses in history—visible to nearly 6 billion people worldwide!
This celestial show will span 5 hours and 27 minutes, with a breathtaking 82 minutes of totality. During this phase, the Moon will be completely immersed in Earth’s shadow, glowing in dramatic hues of deep red and copper—a true Blood Moon spectacle.
✨ Where to Watch Best:
🟠 Africa & Europe – The eclipse begins as the Moon rises, offering the full experience in the evening sky.
🔵 Asia & Australia – Best viewed late at night or in the early hours of September 8.
🌍 Pacific Islands – Excellent visibility throughout much of the region.
⚠️ The Americas – Unfortunately, this eclipse won’t be visible.
🌕 What makes this event even more extraordinary is its timing: just 2.6 days before perigee, when the Moon is closest to Earth. This means it will appear slightly larger and darker than usual—creating a rare Super Blood Moon.
📌 Mark your calendars, prepare your cameras, and hope for clear skies. This is a cosmic event that will unite skywatchers across continents!

01/11/2025

☕ Good news for coffee lovers!
New studies reveal that drinking more than 2 cups of coffee per day can lower your risk of liver cancer by up to 43%.
Coffee’s natural compounds — like phenolic acids, caffeine, and diterpenes (kahweol & cafestol) help protect liver cells, reduce inflammation, improve enzyme function, and even detoxify harmful substances.
Whether it’s black, ground, or even decaf, your daily brew might be doing more than just waking you up.

25/10/2025

The yellow structure shown is the Laniakea Supercluster one of the largest known cosmic structures in the observable universe.

That tiny red dot… is us. Our Milky Way home to billions of stars — sits inside the Laniakea Supercluster, a colossal web of over 100,000 galaxies stretching 500 million light-years across.

Discovered in 2014, this “Immense Heaven” connects galaxies like rivers of gravity flowing through space showing that our home galaxy is just one thread in a vast cosmic tapestry.

It’s a humbling reminder: even our mighty Milky Way is just a small part of something far greater. 💫

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