Aerialist performs daredevilry over the Niagara Falls

Aerialist performs daredevilry over the Niagara Falls

Aerialist Erendira Wallenda, 36, performed acrobatics on the Niagara Falls on 15th Jun 2017. She performed it while hanging from a helicopter which was 300 feet above the falls and briefly hung twice by her teeth in between hanging upside down by her toes for a few seconds. She was tethered with a loop suspended from the helicopter. People on both sides of US and Canada borders turned their necks to catch a glimpse of this. Erendira said “it was beautiful and amazing” after landing on the ground. People have…

What happens inside quietest place on Earth

What happens inside quietest place on Earth

Do you know which the quietiest place on Earth is? It is Microsoft office in Redmond headquarters in USA. To be precise Anechoic chamber is the exact place at -20.6 dB. There are six concrete rooms within rooms that enclose the chamber and can reduce the noise of a jet taking off to a whisper. Literal meaning of Anechoic is echo free. Year 2015 saw the world record of -9.4dB in Orfield Laboratories in Minneapolis.   Let’s walk through sounds heard at different decibels (dB) which is a measurement unit…

Sudden change in colour of Bosphorus strait connnecting Europe & Asia

Sudden change in colour of Bosphorus strait connnecting Europe & Asia

Have you heard of Bosphorus Strait? This strait connects continents of Asia and Europe in Istanbul, capital of Turkey. People noticed this change as the colour of strait was bluish earlier and changed to milky turquoise this week. This sudden change has been attributed by scientists to increasing level of pollution in the sea and surge in a species of plankton across the Black Sea. Other reasons cited are earthquake in the region on 12th Jun 2017 afternoon and surge in micro organism Emiliania huxleyi popularly known as Ehux. If…

Love of old couple-Recoiled

Love of old couple-Recoiled

It was June. Summer was at its peak. Dharampal was sleeping with his grandchildren on either side. Sleeping on the floor with bed sheets spread evenly on the floor was his favourite and he did not like sleeping on bed. This was in the genes of his grandchildren also. He saw Shraboni entering room of his son with sari border covering her head. She almost ran inside the room and locked the room from inside. Dharampal heard some noise and then lost in the thoughts of Kanta. Dharampal and Kanta…

Plane-longer than a football field

Plane-longer than a football field

Microsoft has developed an airplane longer than a football field and has a wingspan of 385 ft. It is named as Stratolaunch. Yes, this is the world’s largest plane weighing about 1.3 million pounds. It weighs 500,000 pounds without fuel and it can carry fuel weighing 250,000 pounds. It has 28 wheels and has six 747 jet engines. The aircraft is 238 feet from nose to its end and is 50 feet from the ground to the tip of its vertical tail, its highest point. This plane developed by Microsoft…