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What Is the Uncertainty Principle?
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What Is the Uncertainty Principle?

The uncertainty principle is a quantum-mechanical limit on how sharply certain pairs of properties, such as position and momentum, can be defined together in the same st…

September 11, 2026
Can you play Yo-Yo in space?
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Can you play Yo-Yo in space?

Yo-Yo is considered to be one of the oldest toys in the world, probably only behind dolls.

March 24, 2020
Why is the Earth rotating?
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Why is the Earth rotating?

Why is everything in the solar system spinning? And why do almost every rotation have the same direction?

January 18, 2020
Use light to pull objects
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Use light to pull objects

Experts of the University of St. Andrews (Scotland) has successfully invented a miniaturized version of the

December 17, 2018
The earth is farther away from the sun
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The earth is farther away from the sun

Each year the distance between the sun and the earth increases by 15 cm. The momentum of the sun's decline may be the cause of this phenomenon.

December 17, 2018
Cobras snuggle around the mid-way neck
Animal world

Cobras snuggle around the mid-way neck

A resident recorded a battle between the cobra and the lizard in Kruger National Park, South Africa, Viral Hog reported on July 2.

December 16, 2018
Pollinated species on the momentum of extinction
Animal world

Pollinated species on the momentum of extinction

According to a new UN report, many invertebrate pollinators such as bees, butterflies and vertebrate pollinators such as hummingbirds and bats in the wild are on the bri…

December 16, 2018