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The Science and Technology Journal
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The SciTech Journal is a richly informative project. It attempts to answer questions arising in the common man's mind relating to science and technological phenomena.
- Author: Darshan
- Listed in: Science Technology
- Tags: science technology answers knowledge
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Good-bye The SciTech Journal - Welcome Here Be Answers!
Dear readers and subscribers of The SciTech Journal,We are happy to announce that The SciTech Journal is now evolving beyond science and technology to serve you answers. As a result, we have come up with a new blog called Here Be Answers!In a short w...
Design and working of compact disc
Q. How does compact disc (CD) work?A. Having thickness of mere 1.2 millimeters and diameter of 12 centimeters CD weighs only 28 grams but has capacity to store 74 minute of music recording or 783 megabytes data on its 5 kilometers long spiral track. ...
Inventor of the compact disc, James Russell
Q. Who made CD first, Phillips or Sony?A. The answer is: Neither of them! World’s first compact disc was made by an American physicist-cum-electronics expert named James Russell way back in 1965. In those days music was recorded on vinyl discs know...
Origin of Swine Influenza Virus (SIV) – H1N1
Q. How did Swine Influenza Virus (SIV) originate? And how did it get the name H1N1?A. Follow the graphic given below which explains how swine influenza virus (SIV) comes into existence. The graphic also shows set-up of integrated farming. This system...
Composition of atmosphere
Q. Why the composition of atmosphere is so specific and steady with 21% oxygen and 78% nitrogen?A. Nobody knows for sure, but you should surely thank your luck for the kind of air mixture you have been provided with by natural processes that took pla...
Reason why ice-cream causes headache
Q. Why does ice-cream sometimes give you a headache?A. Blame it on physics and psychology in equal measure. When ice-cream comes in contact with the roof of your mouth, blood vessels in the mouth contract in response to the fall in temperature. This ...
