All Answers (4) Hi Eduard, you probably know the answer. Small spider, small mass with a large surface area, air resistance, never reaching terminal velocity for a ~ 1 meter drop. … It is the non-linearity of biomechanics that saves the little spiders. Do spiders feel pain in their legs?Read More →

Titan remains top pick on the discretionary consumption space. It maintains Buy rating with a TP of INR2,065 per share. Promoters held 52.9 per cent stake in the company as of June 30, 2021, while FIIs held 18.4 per cent, DIIs 10.1 per cent and public and others 18.6 perRead More →

On Nov. 7, 2021, daylight saving time (sometimes erroneously called daylight savings time) will end again and we’ll set our clocks back by an hour in those regions that observe DST. These fall and spring clock changes continue a long tradition started by Benjamin Franklin to conserve energy. Do clocksRead More →

Getting tired after eating, or “postprandial fatigue” (aka “postprandial somnolence”), is a normal fatigue response to eating a large meal. What hormone makes you sleepy after eating? At the same time, the brain releases serotonin that causes drowsiness. Moreover, food also influences melatonin production in the brain. This is theRead More →

The shape of seashells just happens to make them great amplifiers of ambient noise. Any air that makes its way into a shell’s cavity gets bounced around by its hard, curved inner surfaces. The resonating air produces sound. The pitch of the sound depends on the size of the shell.Read More →