PM stands for post meridian because the sun has apparently gone past the meridian line.
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Tuesday, 4 June 2024
AM And PM
When you're reading the time AM stands for Anti Meridian, this means before Meridian because the sun hasn't reached the meridian line in the sky from your perspective.
Tuesday, 28 May 2024
Gliese 12
According to the NASA blogs, they have recently discovered a planet going around the red dwarf star Gliese 12. The planet is believed get more light from it's star than Earth but less than Venus.
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Yellow Phone
When you look at yellow colours on your smart phone display you're probably not actually looking at yellow. Most handsets mix red and green light together to create an imitation of yellow but it's not true yellow like a lemon. The receptors in most people's eyes can't tell the difference.
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Sunday, 14 April 2024
Thin Air
According to astronaut 'Tim Peake', the air quality on the international space station is the same as Earth at sea level.
However on commercial airlines the air is usually pressurised to 1,830 - 2,400 meters. The air on a plane is akin to the air on the top of a small mountain, thin and dry. The air on the international space station is better than the air on an airplane.
Source : Ask an Astronaut by Tim Peake, ISBN : 978 -1 - 784 - 75948 - 3
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Thursday, 11 April 2024
Titan The Moon
Titan, Saturn's Largest moon is only 80% bigger than our own moon but it has a thick atmosphere, lakes made of methane, dunes, mountains and even coastlines.
Methane, Propane and Butane are usually gassed on earth, but on Titan they exist as a liquid because the moon is very cold.
Source : Wikipedia
Friday, 5 April 2024
Cashew Apples
Cashew nuts come attached to an accessory fruit known as a Cashew apple. However the fruit doesn't travel very well, it only stays fresh for a short time and bruises very easily.
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Cashew apple is used to make all sorts of sweets and puddings. It is even used to make alcoholic drinks.
Source Wikipedia
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Thursday, 4 April 2024
Berry Good
According to the botanical definition of a berry, Raspberries, Strawberries and Blackberries are not berries because they don't come from the single ovary of a single flower.
Tomatoes, Cucumbers blue berries and melons are actually berries because they come from single flowers with one ovary.
Source : Wikipedia
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