Sarah,a cheetah who was considered the world’s speediest land mammal,passed away at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in the US last week. She was 15 years old and was put to sleep due to her “diminishing quality of life”,said the zoo in an discussion.The typical lifespan of a cheetah is 8-12 years. Sarah was […]
Teflon – Roy Plunkett The next time you make a frustration-free omelette, thank chemist Roy Plunkett, whose experienced immense frustration while inadvertently inventing Teflon in 1938. Plunkett had hoped to create a new variety of chlorofluorocarbons (better known as universally-despised CFCs), when he came back to check on his experiment in a refrigeration chamber. When […]
Autism can make it difficult for a person to talk and socialize. It is a complicated and less understood disorder but, people living with it have other impeccable talents and skills. 11- year-old son of a professor in New York, suffering from Autism left the whole class amazed when he drew a detailed world map on […]
