#KnowledgeByte: The #Hollow #Earth is a concept proposing that the planet Earth is entirely hollow or contains a substantial interior space.
The notion was disproven by Nevil Maskelyne and Charles Hutton in their #Schiehallion #Experiment around 1774.
#KnowledgeByte: #Enzyme That Turns Thin Air Into #Electricity.
Scientists have isolated an Enzyme that enables some #Bacteria to consume hydrogen and extract energy from it, and found it can produce an electric current directly when exposed to even minute amounts of hydrogen.
#KnowledgeByte: The #Kardashev #Scale was developed as a way of measuring a civilization's technological advancement based upon how much usable #Energy it has at its disposal.
Here is a short overview.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/What-is-Kardashev-scale-5ea95d0b247bb32e6075ab46
#KnowledgeByte: Different models of #Sustainable #Development reflect varying priorities and approaches in balancing economic growth, social equity, and environmental protection, often influenced by a nation's specific context and resources.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Models-of-Sustainable-Development-67fe623af43600c2d9aa18e4
#KnowledgeByte: A "#Ghost #Population" refers to a population that has been inferred through statistical techniques, particularly in the fields of population genetics and anthropology.
These populations are often ancient groups that no longer exist but have left genetic traces in the DNA of modern populations.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/What-is-Ghost-Population-62cbd4ce3e4e77121eaea5ff
#KnowledgeByte:A #Galaxy is a system of stars, planets, gas, dust, and dark matter that are held together by gravity.
Galaxies come in many different shapes and sizes. Some galaxies are dwarf galaxies, containing as few as 100 million stars, while others are giant galaxies with more than a trillion stars.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Galaxy-and-Galaxy-Cluster-6610d660edbfc3ac344d65aa
#KnowledgeByte: #Asteroid, #Meteroid, #Comet: How much do you know about the space objects? Can you tell the difference?
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Asteroid-Meteroid-Comet-61652e0c325aafa6bf5a9d12
#KnowledgeByte: A #Sustainable #Bioeconomy is a circular model that uses biological resources, processes, and methods to provide goods and services in all economic sectors.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Bioeconomy-for-Sustainable-Development-6625f8bba441c3cb71a7d01f
#KnowledgeByte: #AI is being developed to understand #Animal #Language by analyzing patterns in their vocalizations and behaviors.
Google's #DolphinGemma is a foundational AI model developed to analyze and generate dolphin vocalizations, aiming to help researchers understand and potentially communicate with these marine mammals.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/AI-for-Understanding-Animal-Language-68024c54e6facf7a2d3bd0b5
#KnowledgeByte: Have you heard of #Rain of #Fish? It's rare, but it happens every year at many places, even far inland many times. It rains fish or frogs.
And it is a legitimate meteorological phenomenon. It's even known to rain turtles!
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Raining-Fish--Myth-of-reality-6620aef7f3a1c4f8a6a57d07
#KnowledgeByte: Recent observations by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have provided the "most promising signs yet" of potential #Biosignatures in the atmosphere of the #Exoplanet K2-18b, located 124 light-years away within its star's habitable zone.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Evidence-of-Alien-Life-Found-68011e4ea835e9f9769c2970
#KnowledgeByte: What is #Cosmic #Dawn?
#Chronology of the universe and Cosmic Dawn - the moment lights came on in the Universe.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/What-is-Cosmic-Dawn-62c290bb2069114a1367f6a4
#KnowledgeByte: A #BlackHole singularity is a point of infinite density and gravity at the center of a black hole, where the laws of physics as we know them break down, and where matter is compressed into an infinitely small space.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Black-Hole-Singularity-67ebb230f85a03943ed03390
#KnowledgeByte: A #Carbon #Bomb is a large-scale fossil fuel extraction project that has the potential to generate more than one gigatonne of CO₂ over its remaining lifetime.
Know more about carbon bombs and why those must be defused?
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/What-is-Carbon-Bomb-62d8f4644a45a1341cddd1a6
#KnowledgeByte: Ettore Majorana was a Brilliant Italian theoretical #Physicist who worked on #Neutrino masses.
Majorana disappeared under mysterious circumstances on March 25, 1938, after purchasing a ticket to travel by ship from Palermo to Naples.
#KnowledgeByte: The Girl on a Tree
Story of American environmental #Activist Julia Butterfly Hill and others who played a key role in protecting our #Envrionment.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/The-Girl-in-a-Tree-6618defa94148247456380cc
#KnowledgeByte: Since there are billions and billions of stars out there, they should fill the whole night sky and the sky should have been bright and full of stars. Why isn't it like that?
Color of #Sky, Dark Night Sky and Olbers' #Paradox.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Why-is-Sky-blue-66162fd236205b095a1d82a1
#KnowledgeByte: Recently, Colossal Biosciences, a Texas company attempting to bring back extinct animals, said it revived the long-extinct dire wolf.
Their scientists took DNA from a 13,000 year old tooth and a 72,000 year old skull and made healthy dire wolf puppies.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Dire-Wolf--Brought-Back-From-Dead-Or-67f68acaed9bc0c45547d9ae
#KnowledgeByte: Science has shown that #Mosquitos prefer some people to others. There are many reasons, and they range widely from pregnancy, to beer and banana consumption, and genetics.
Why are some people Mosquito Magnets?
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Why-some-people-are-Mosquito-Magnets-65fe73c42b66901edde530d7
#KnowledgeByte: A World #Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the UNESCO.
As of Jul 2024, a total of 1,223 World Heritage Sites (952 cultural, 231 natural, and 40 mixed properties) exist across 168 countries.
With 60 selected areas, Italy is the country with the most sites on the list followed by China with 59, then Germany with 54.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/World-heritage-sites-in-India-5ad73c3c4cbd6119108b8d15
