If you ask anyone that why women have nipples, the simple and straight answer would be that they have them for feeding babies. However, the bodily question that why men have nipples has always befuddled many. The answer lies in early fetal development when the human beings are simply a fetus with an undetermined gender. During the embryonic development, the presence or absence of Y chromosome determines the gender. Up to around six weeks, male and female are basically the same.
I always find my six months old American Cocker Spaniel chewing on almost everything at my place, be it my shoes or the TV remote. Although, I like the playful behavior, it makes me concerned at times if it is perfectly normal or not. So, why do dogs chew so much? Chewing is quite a natural behavior for dogs, as they use their mouths to investigate the environment. Dogs, especially puppies, chew on whatever they find. However, when a dog is feeling alone, bored or stressed, the chewing could develop into a compulsive behavior.
There is no single, logical answer to this otherwise simple question. The reason may vary person to person, depending on their background, the kind of relationship they are in, seeing others abused or for that matter, by choice. The answer isn’t as simple as you might consider for why people opt for this seemingly irrational thing. However, abusing is a normal condition of life for such people and plays a pivotal role in their day to day lives. So we’re analyzing some of the reasons for why people abuse in the following lines.
You must have enjoyed viewing red sky during sunrise and sunset many a time. But what makes the sky appear red during these two phases of the day is the question that amazes many a people. Usually, the light of the sun comprises seven different colors, like blue, violet, red, etc., throughout the day, but out of these seven colors, the red color has the longest wavelength.
A volcanic eruption might spell doom for most plant and animal species in the immediate vicinity, but the process that leads to eruption isn’t as fast and furious. The reason why volcanoes erupt is mainly due to the high temperature deep down inside the surface of the earth. On an average the temperature inside the surface rises one degree Celsius after every 30 meters. This means that hundreds of meters inside the surface of the earth, the temperature is so high that it melts rocks and creates magma.
For those of you who’ve ever put a cut on a tree’s trunk would have noticed a sticky and gooey liquid coming out of the cut. This is sap and does the same job for plants and trees as blood does for humans and animals. While humans and animals need blood to survive, we can also say that trees need sap for their survival.
After seeing a clear blue weekend sky, while most of us plan a trip with family and friends, there are not many who think about why the color of the sky is blue and not red, yellow or green. Though it is one of the most basic questions that many people might have thought about during childhood, the answer is not as simple as the question itself.
According to recent news, the world’s tallest tree, called Hyperion, has reached a height of about 379 feet, and while its location is kept a secret, the question of why do trees achieve towering heights is a mind-boggling one. While the answers to this question are many, the height a tree is destined to achieve when it’s planted depends on the climatic conditions, the species of the tree and the number of trees growing in close proximity. Trees mostly grow a lot taller than other plant species because of the reasons mentioned after the break.
It’s really annoying to hear computers making noise, especially when you’re working in an office or a place where silence is preferable. Be it a continuous buzz, a grinding noise or a loud thunder, the irritating sounds tend to curtail the pleasure of working on them. Several factors may contribute to create and aggravate that persistent humming, which you definitely need to be aware of so that you could take curative action in a timely manner.
Traveling at around 100mph, a single sneeze is capable of sending 100,000 germs into the air. However, it always depends on how forcefully you do it, whether you make a loud sound or a tiny, choked one. Also called as sternutation, sneeze means a convulsive expulsion of air from lungs through the nose and mouth, which is caused when foreign particles irritate the nasal mucosa. Sneezing is a reflexive response which involves the face, throat and chest muscles.
