Category: Science

  • What is Solar Wind?

    What is Solar Wind?

                    Charged particles are continually  given off by the sun. They are known as the Solar Wind and are strongest when sunspot activity is at its height. Sun spots are the darker areas on the surface of the sun. These areas of cooler gas occur when the Sun’s magnetic field blocks the flow of heat…

  • Why do flies rub their legs together ?

    Why do flies rub their legs together ?

    When you see a fly rubbing its legs together, it is cleaning itself, and scraping off some of the material that has gathered here. A fly is an insect with a pair of well developed wings. The common housefly is one of the best – known kinds of flies; a scavenger, it does not bite…