Foot: An Engineering Masterpiece
The foot is a limb that is not given much importance when compared to other vital organs such…
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Bipolar Equation
Hello. My name is Bernoulli. Bernoulli Equation, to be more precise. One of the best established and most…
Why Do We Turn Over During Sleep?
Our skin is not only a means for our body to look nice esthetically, but it also acts…
A Blessing Behind an Unlikely Veil: Vomiting as a Healthy Human Reflex
Being one of the most important human reflexes, vomiting is the phenomenon of spewing out, through the mouth…
Extraordinary Blood Circulation in Crocodiles
By examining the heart of a crocodile, researchers have discovered how it is that an air-breathing land animal…
Coal, Diamond, and Man
All of the physical and chemical conditions of the earth are created in a way to make life…
The Wonderful Octopus
Taking its place among the world’s short-lived mollusks, the octopus is a fantastic sea animal with intelligent behavior.…
Birth through Belly?
Considering the way human beings are born, some people believe that there can be a “fault” in the…
It’s Us Peter, Your Blood Vessels
Dear Peter, the Heart talked about itself so much that we thought it would never let us speak.…
Straighten Up Yourself and Know It’s a Miracle
Just after having started my job at the university, I was shocked by some sad news. One of…
Keep Your Blood Pressure under Control
Hypertension occurs when the force of blood in the veins rises higher than the normal level. So what…
It’s me, Peter, your Nose!
You recognize light with your eyes, while you perceive sound waves with your ears. Earlier, those organs told…
It’s me, Peter, your Heart!
I started working months before you were born. Even though I have kept beating ceaselessly every second inside,…
The Protective Mechanism in Blood Vessels
The blood that is carried away from the heart to all the parts of the body by the…
The Automatic Systems Operating in Our Body
In a healthy body, all of the involuntarily functioning mechanisms seem to know what to do, at the…