Mosquitoes use carbon dioxide, skin odor, heat, and moisture to find people. Learn why some people seem to attract more bites.
Category - Biology
Akshay Dinesh
How Ticks Find People and Why Tick Season Starts Early
Ticks use heat, scent, and patience to find hosts. Learn why warm, humid weather can lengthen tick season and raise bite risk.
Why Fireflies Glow and What Their Flashes Mean
Fireflies glow through a chemical reaction that helps them signal, warn predators, and survive in damp summer habitats.
Tardigrades: How Water Bears Survive Extreme Conditions
Tardigrades survive drying, freezing, radiation, and other harsh conditions through cryptobiosis and unusual cellular protection.
Rishay Dinesh
Geothermal Energy: The Untapped Heat Powering Our Future
Earth’s Hidden Heat Beneath the Surface Geothermal energy begins with heat stored beneath Earth’s crust, and that heat forms one of the most stable energy sources available today. Magma deep underground releases...
The Psychology of Learning: How the Brain Remembers
Introduction Learning is one of the most important skills people use every day. From the moment a child begins to speak to the time an adult masters a job skill, the brain works constantly to take in, store, and use new...
Carl Linnaeus: The Father of Modern Taxonomy
Carl Linnaeus is one of the most important figures in the history of science, especially in the fields of biology and taxonomy. Known as the “Father of Modern Taxonomy,” he developed a classification system...
Enzymes: What Are They?
We know that proteins help with many different functions. One of such proteins is enzymes. After the translation of mRNA into enzyme molecules, they can help to catalyse biochemical reactions. Today, we will be talking...
Cells: The Building Blocks of Life
From young, we have learnt that cells make up living things. Cells are the smallest building blocks of life and form larger living tissues and organs that make up the organism. Today, we will be discussing the cell...
Viruses: The Lytic and Lysogenic Cycles
As we all know, cells are the most basic unit of life. We, humans, are comprised of so many cells – there are more cells in our bodies than stars in the Milky Way. Cells reproduce either by dividing to form two...
Lipids: What Are They?
In today’s world, many people are constantly trying to lose weight. Now and then, I often hear something like, “I’m so fat, I need to lose weight” or “I need to cut down on these fats”. Well, losing weight is one thing...
Stem Cells: Types, Uses, Potency, and Ethics
Learn what stem cells are, how potency works, where different stem cells come from, and why research raises ethical questions.
Cancer: Mutations, Growth, and Causes
To many of us, cancer is a potentially life-threatening condition. The majority of us are bound to know of people who have suffered or are suffering from cancer – we hope for their speedy recovery. Some of us ourselves...
Viruses: Living or Non-Living
With the COVID-19 pandemic, we have heard a lot of viruses of late. Many are confused – are they living or non-living? Can we kill the COVID-19 virus? This confusion has been around for a long time, and many people are...
Protein Synthesis: How Transcription and Translation Build Proteins
Learn how DNA instructions become mRNA and how ribosomes read codons to build proteins through transcription and translation.
