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  How do water striders walk on water without sinking? | What will happen if water striders get drowned?   Water striders are one of the most interesting insects. The  Gerridae  are a family of insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly known as  water striders . Water striders are also known as water skaters ,  water scooters ,  water bugs ,  pond skaters ,  water skippers ,  Jesus bugs , or  water skimmers. They are found widely in lakes, creeks, urban ponds, water features and even mud puddles. How do water striders walk on water? Water striders are mostly seen skipping water very rapidly with their long legs. They are very light weight insects whose legs are covered with millions of microscopic hairs with tiny groves. These groves trap air bubbles which increases buoyancy of this insect. Photo by Tanguy Sauvin  via unsplash  How does it make the insect float? The intermolecular attraction between like-molecules is known as ‘cohesion’. Water molecules attract one

  5 Disadvantages of Potatoes |Health| |How to make potatoes healthier?| Potato is known as the king of vegetables.  It is consumed in variety of dishes all over the world; especially it goes well in all types of Indian dishes. Indian cooking is incomplete without potatoes. It has become a staple food. While many people consider potatoes to be healthy, potatoes have managed to stir up some controversy with its disadvantages. In our last post, we discussed about 10 benefits of potatoes, from skin to health related advantages. But, potato sometimes may become unhealthy if we do not consume it properly. So, here is a list of 5 disadvantages of potatoes we all should know. At the end, we are also providing some reference tips to make potatoes healthier. 1. Potatoes contain Glycoalkaloids Glycoalkaloids are a potentially toxic family of chemical compounds found in the solanaceae family of plants. Green potatoes, are especially high in glycoalkaloids and so are harmful f

  10 Benefits of Potatoes | Health and Skin The potato is a root vegetable native to the Americas, a starchy tuber of the plant  Solanum tuberosum. It belongs to the family ‘Solanaceae’ and genus ‘Solunum’. The potato was originally believed to have been domesticated by the indigenous people of Americas. It was domesticated around 7,000-10,000 years ago. Also read | Diet during Covid-19 Potatoes were introduced to Europe from America within the last half of the 16 th century by the Spanish. The most rapid expansion in production over the past few decades has occurred in southern and eastern Asia. As of 2018, China and India became the leading countries in the overall production. Today, it is regarded as the essential crop in Northern and Eastern Europe and gradually became the staple food in many parts of the world. Image by DiViArt The vegetative and fruiting parts of the potato contain the toxin solanine which is dangerous for human consumption.   Normal potato tubers

Unravelling the phenomenon of those artistic natural lights : AURORA   Aurora, an amazingly beautiful graphical paint on nature’s sky have reasonably inspired tons of myths and saga over the years.  Like, the Vikings worshiped Odin as the main god and regent of Asgard. They believed that he was preparing for Ragnarök the end of the gods and beginning of a new world. According to legends, Ragnarök was destined to become Odin’s biggest battle. Female mounted warriors, the Valkyries armed with armour and spears, had the task to escorting the warriors from earth to Odin.  The northern lights that illuminated the sky were believed to be the after scene of the Vikings, the reflections of the armour of these warriors. But, these all are wrong.   An aurora is the utterly spectacular and dazzling natural scientific phenomenon, display in the Earth’s sky, mostly seen in the high latitude regions. Aurora is a beautiful stuff mother earth is capable of. The northern  and southern lights, a

Shakuntala Devi- the Human Computer   Mathematical genius, Shakuntala Devi was born on November 4, 1929 in a poor Kannada Brahmin family in Bangalore. She was popularly known as ‘Human Computer’ or ‘Mental Calculator’. She was a primary school dropout, without having any formal education as her father could not afford her school fee of Rs 2. But, despite of all hardships and obstacles, Shakuntala Devi excelled in here mathematical skills and created records after records by calculating complex mathematical problems within seconds. She died in April 2013, at the age of 83 in Bengaluru. So, here we bring to you 10 interesting facts every Indian must know before watching the movie:   1. Shakuntala Devi’s father was a Brahmin but he rebelled against the family ritual of becoming a temple priest. Instead he worked as a circus performer (lion tamer, trapeze artist, tightrope walker, and magician) to earn a living for his family. He discovered his daughter’s special abilit