How do you survive a Komodo Dragon attack?
In the Komodo Islands of Indonesia, one of the seven wonders of the natural world, 3,000 giant lizards are known to be throughout the world as glutton, meat…
If you are in an open area of the Arctic tundra and are approached by an aggressive polar bear, what should you do?
A polar bear will kill you, stone dead, without provocation. It does so because it is both a hyper carnivore and an apex predator. It does not recognize…
What is the scariest planet in our solar system?
Saturn. (Real image captured by Cassini, 2012) This planet looks beautiful. It looks like a planet you would love to visit someday and see its size up close….
If Biden dies on his last day in office but Kamala has won, can she run again in 2028?
Under the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, no one can be elected to more than two four-year terms as president. However, if the president dies in office, resigns, or is…
If Siberian tigers were released in Yellowstone National Park, would the area’s population of grizzly bears be decimated? Would the bears amount to easy calories for the big cats?
Roman records answer this question definitively. The now extinct Atlas Brown Bear (9 ft/2.7m long and weighed up to 1,000 lbs/450 kg) and the Palestinian Brown bear, similar…
Why is desert sand not used for construction?
There is a high demand for sand globally and it is widely used in many industries, especially construction. Since deserts are full of sand, it is easy to…
Why do nuclear reactors have to be so big?
Because you keep running the AC. Nuclear fission reactors do not have to be “so big.” This is the SNAP-10A nuclear fission reactor, thermoelectric generator, which generated 500…
Did any U.S. planes get off the ground during the Pearl Harbor attack?
When Japanese Naval aircraft attacked Pearl Harbor on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, they also attacked USAAF flying fields and facilities as well. Only a handful of…
If our Sun is a grain of sand, then how big would the Milky Way be?
EDIT: someone found a problem with my math, so I’m going to try again, but my answer is still “really freakin’ big.” That part is correct. The Sun…
Can an ostrich outrun a lion and a tiger?
“Can”? Most definitely. Listen, Lions and Tigers are both exceptionally fast and explosive predators. They have just about every single advantage on the ostrich. But Ostriches aren’t just the…