You don’t need to bandage every cut and scrape. Some heal more quickly when left uncovered to stay dry. But if the cut is on a part of the body that might get dirty or rub against clothes, put on a bandage to protect it. Change the bandage every day or whenever it gets wet or ...
The new molecular structure absorbs portions of the visible light, causing the lenses to darken. The number of the molecules that change shape varies with the intensity of the UV rays. When you go indoors and out of the UV light, the reverse chemical reaction takes place. The sudden absence...
You don’t need to bandage every cut and scrape. Some heal more quickly when left uncovered to stay dry. But if the cut is on a part of the body that might get dirty or rub against clothes, put on a bandage to protect it. Change the bandage every day or whenever it gets wet or ...
Chemical burnsare also a hazard to take into consideration. Treating skin that’s been exposed to corrosive substances requires a lot of patience. The burned area should be washed with water for about 30 minutes before proceeding to apply any type of ointment. If the area is not cleaned perfe...
If you want to weigh less, you've got to eat less, right? Well, if you're not eating enough calories, it can cause your body to lose muscle mass, which will decrease the rate of your metabolism. Plus, when you skimp on calories, your body slows the rate at which it burns calories...
Laptops are not good to keep on your lap. Because of their compact size and lack of large cooling fans, laptops can get quite hot, to the point of causing gradual skin burns, or “toasted skin syndrome.” If non-toasted skin weren’t incentive enough, the heat your thighs create by tr...
You know why we love buying things? Why our children feel total elation over getting yet another Lego set? It turns out it’s a chemical in our brains called dopamine. A Wall Street Journal interview with Gregory Burns, a neuroscientist with Emory University says, “Dopamineis associated with...
Want to find out if contact with nature improves your outlook on life? Try a few of these ideas. Hang out a bird feeder and watch the birds that visit it. Sit down in the backyard or a nearby park. Close your eyes. What do you hear? Birds singing? The wind in the trees? Crickets...
If you strike iron or steel with flint, the flint flakes off tiny particles of iron. The force of the blow and the friction it creates actually ignites the iron, and it burns rapidly to form Fe3O4. The sparks that you see are the hot specks of iron burning! If these sparks come ...
Step 3:After a few shakes, try writing on scrap paper to check if some ink comes out. Method 2: Go doodling and scribbling When shaking does not work, another way to deal with it is to keep on scribbling and doodling. You can have a scribbling or scratch notebook where you can test...