Bones of the Human Skeleton Bone is a honeycomb-like grid of calcium salts located around a network of protein fibers. These protein fibers are called collagen. When you patch a hole in a piece of drywall, you usually cover it with tape that has a gummy fibrous grid, and then cover th...
Before we talk about bone formation, we need to discuss how cartilage turns into bone. When you're floating around in the womb, your developing body is just beginning to take its shape, and it's creating cartilage to do so. Cartilage is a tissue that isn't as hard as bone, but much...
No. Not even close. But they are edible. You’ve probably played with these more than you’ve eaten them. However, things are about to change since, well, you’re here. If push comes to shove, you can go scrounging for these wriggly morsels. Maybe thinking of them as free-range, ve...
Which ISTP male and female Korean celebs are you surprised about? Famous ISTP K-pop idols include Winter (Aespa), An Yujin (IVE), Hyeju (Loossemble), Eunha (VIVIZ) and Huening Kai (Tomorrow X Together), as well as top K-pop solo artists, like Suga (BTS) and Nayeon (Twice). ...
it seems this is another species that's not bashful, as researchers claim they've had no problem finding more specimens during their treks through the Chinese rainforests. To date, no records show it biting a human, but it's considered so ornery that it's probably best not to test that ...
The brown rat’s origin story begins somewhere near Mongolia about 2 million years ago, long before the dawn of human history. OnceHomo sapiensentered the picture, wherever people went, rats followed—eating their debris and garbage along the way. They trailed nomadic shepherds on the Grain Roa...
And meanwhile, you have the curious figure of Samantha Power — for me, the symbol of the U.S.’s moral hypocrisy — who claims to be a warrior for human rights, at least when U.S. enemies are allegedly violating them, but who remains silent in the face of the U.S.’s role in...
Who will you find on this list of male celebs who are 5'5"? They don't call him Lil Wayne for nothing. The “Lollipop” rapper, born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., stands at only five feet five inches tall. Billy Joel and Brian Johnson (AC/DC) are other musicians who look larger than...
“He’s big, Spider, tall. One of those people who stand too close to you, doesn’t know when to back off. Suppose that’s why he gets into fights at school. He’s in your face all the time, you can smell him. Even if you twist and turn away, he’s still there – doesn’...
The legacy of Sir Edmund Hillary and the centrality of adventure in human experience The Hillary Model: at the instersection of recreational and philantropic development Mountaineering ethics: must you abort your shot at Everest to save a stranger's life? [David Sharpe, Lincoln Hall, and why ...