Tag: Science

Why Humans Lost Their Body Hair?

Tags: hair + body + human + science

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Posted by sleeper 1 year 5 months ago; via sciam.com/askexpert_quest...

I'll summarize the article for you, if you're too lazy to click on the associated url to read more about it.

But according to scientific american, there are three theories why human lost their body hair:

1. Our bodies shed our hair because our ancestors spent much of their time in shallow waters looking for food. Since hair isn't very efficient in water, we shed them over the years.

2. Another theory suggested that we shed the hair so we wouldn't overheat time spent in the sun and desert.

3. The last theory is that we got rid of...

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Scientists Uses Math to Disprove Vampires

Tags: vampire + halloween + science + math

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Posted by sleeper 2 years 1 month ago; via novinite.com/view_news.ph...

Once again, another vuart on the news.

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Scientist Uses Physics to Dethrone Dracula, Spooks
Weekend Guide: 27 October 2006, Friday.

Days before Halloween, a physicist from the University of Central Florida has proven that ghost, spooks, vampires and zombies do not exist.

Using science instead of a wooden stake or garlic, Costas Efthimiou has metaphorically killed Count Dracula, the most famous vampire of all, said to originate from the Transylvania mountains of Bulgaria's neighbour Romania.

If each vampire drank the blood of...

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Ice on the Moon is just a myth

Tags: moon + ice + science

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Posted by sleeper 2 years 1 month ago; via int.iol.co.za/index.php?s...

According to the link, recent studies shows that there are no ice on the moon.

The study uggests that the reflection comes from rocky debris, not thick ice deposits (as previously believed in 1994).

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