Imagine walking into a huge festival filled with colourful decorations, traditional music, exciting fairground rides, delicious food and thousands of cheerful visitors. Welcome to Oktoberfest, one of the world's most…
There is something special about getting into a brand-new car. The seats look perfect, the dashboard is shiny, and there is that familiar “new car smell”. Many people enjoy the…
Quicksand is one of those things that sounds much more frightening in films than it usually is in real life. In movies, people sometimes appear to disappear completely into enormous…
Going to the bathroom is something we normally do without giving it much thought. On Earth, gravity helps everything move in the right direction. But what happens when astronauts travel…
When you think about a family recognising one another, you might imagine people, dogs, cats or other animals. But what about plants? Plants do not have eyes, ears or brains…
Have you ever heard someone say that lobsters cannot die from old age? It sounds like something from a science-fiction film. You may even have seen pictures or jokes online…
