Bollywood vs Hollywood When we think of the movie capital of the world we think of Hollywood, California. Actually, the world’s movie capital is in Bombay. This place is called Bollywood, which is the nickname for the Indian film industry. When comparing Hollywood and Bollywood, there are more differences than similarities. We would assume that the United States produces more movies a year than anywhere else in the world. Bollywood is...

Blood Types The four blood types are known as A, B, AB, and 0. Blood type A contains red blood cells that have a substance A on their surface. This type of blood also contains an antibody directed against substance B, found on the red cells of persons with blood type B. Type B blood contains the reverse combination. Serum of blood type AB contains neither antibody, but red cells in...

Black Sea The area of the Black Sea is 436400 square kilometers, with an average depth of 1,190 meter. Black Sea is the world’s largest Meromictic Basin. Meromictic Basin is that basin in which the deep water and the upper floating water do not get mixed with each other. Black Sea has a positive water balance; the Mediterranean Sea water flows into the Black Sea as a part of two-way hydro-logical...

Black Holes What if I told you the most powerful object in the universe was no bigger than a city? What if I told you it had enough power nothing could escape its grasp, even light? What is this, you ask. A black hole. What is a black hole? A black hole is an old star that has run out of fuel. The pressure created by its fuel keeps the star...

Biotechnology Biotechnology is a powerful, controversial and critical topic dealing with disease, genetics, and the use of microorganisms or other biological substances to make industrial or manufacturing processes. Biotechnology has spawned many new ideas and discoveries to benefit society. It plays a part in healing the sick with antibiotics and vaccines, hybridization in plants to produce bigger and more desirable food crops, sterilization of food goods and equipment, and understanding genetics...

Bill Gates Co-founder of Microsoft, Born William H. Gates on October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. Skinny, shy and awkward, teenaged Bill Gates seemed an unlikely successor to his overachieving parents. His father, powerfully built and 6’6″ tall, was a prominent Seattle attorney, and his gregarious mother served on charitable boards and ran the United Way. While he showed enormous talent for math and logic, young Bill, a middle child, was...

Bigfoot Bigfoot or Sasquatch can be defined as a warm blooded mammal that is half human and half ape. Bigfoot stands about seven feet tall, and can weight anywhere from 200 pounds to 400 pounds. Bigfoot is said to be a very smart and clever animal. Bigfoot sightings first occurred around the 1800’s, from the mountains in Tibet, to the forests of Turkey. Bigfoot has always been described as, having dark...

Big Bang It is always a mystery about how the universe began, whether if and when it will end. Astronomers construct hypotheses called cosmological models that try to find the answer. There are two types of models: Big Bang and Steady State. However, through many observational evidences, the Big Bang theory can best explain the creation of the universe. The Big Bang model postulates that about 15 to 20 billion years...