Tag: natural world
Why Hyptis capitata still gets people talking.
Hyptis capitata, also known as false ironwort or knobweed, is a species of erect annual shrubs, of the plant family Lamiaceae.
Fluorite structure deserves a closer look.
The fluorite structure refers to a common motif for compounds with the formula MX2.
The surprising truth about Conospermum coerulescens.
Conospermum coerulescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia.
Bidyanus bidyanus is not quite what it seems.
The silver perch is a medium-sized freshwater ray-finned fish of the grunter family Terapontidae, endemic to the Murray–Darling basin in south-eastern Australia.
The surprising truth about Telomere.
A telomere is a region of repetitive nucleotide sequences associated with specialized proteins at the ends of linear chromosomes.
Deep scattering layer is stranger than it sounds.
The deep scattering layer, sometimes referred to as the sound scattering layer, is a layer in the ocean consisting of a variety of marine animals.
Cherenkov radiation deserves a closer look.
Cherenkov radiation is an electromagnetic radiation emitted when a charged particle passes through a dielectric medium at a speed greater than the phase velocity of light in that…
The simple version of Thelymitra batesii.
Thelymitra batesii, commonly called the plump sun orchid, is a species of orchid that is endemic to South Australia.
Why A Hard Day still gets people talking.
A Hard Day is a 2014 South Korean action thriller film written and directed by Kim Seong-hun, and starring Lee Sun-kyun and Cho Jin-woong.
Tillus elongatus still raises strange questions.
Tillus elongatus is a species of beetle in the family Cleridae.