by STEAM Team | Sep 2, 2021 | Daily Fact
Fact of the Day: 01/09/2021 Differential calculus may sound like a difficult subject, but its premise is actually simple. We usually associate slopes with lines; however, using calculus, we can also find the slope of curves like parabolas. Since the steepness of...
by STEAM Team | Aug 31, 2021 | Daily Fact
Fact of the Day: 31/08/2021 Have you ever seen a doctor tap someone’s knee with a small rubber hammer, and wondered exactly what the doctor is doing and why? When doing this reflex test, doctors target a specific area of the knee just below the kneecap known as the...
by STEAM Team | Aug 30, 2021 | Daily Fact
Fact of the Day: 30/08/2021 Did you know that massive stars are not the only objects that can collapse to form black holes? In fact, any object can become a black hole if its matter is compressed below a certain radius. That radius is called the Schwarzschild radius...
by STEAM Team | Aug 25, 2021 | Daily Fact
Fact of the Day: 10/06/2021 Who was the first person to invent the computer? Charles Babbage was the first inventor of the computer, creating a steam-driven machine that could calculate number tables in order to solve the U.S. census computation crisis. The computer...
by STEAM Team | Aug 25, 2021 | Daily Fact
Fact of the Day: 09/06/2021 Is albinism the same as leucism? Not at all! Albinism is the complete loss of pigmentation in an animal. It is characterized by white skin and hair, and red eyes. On the other hand, leucism is only the partial loss of pigmentation. While an...
by STEAM Team | Aug 25, 2021 | Daily Fact
Fact of the Day: 08/06/2021 Is it OK if your meat is iridescent? Yes, because it’s completely normal! Some people may think that meat is spoiled if it looks iridescent; however, this effect is simply caused by the varying depths of fat pockets within the meat. Return...
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