Stiletto Heels

If you have been going around in a of pair stilettos for the entire day, you most probably would have experienced sore shoulders and some back pain or you would have noticed some growth of thick skin. Stilettos can cause long term damage to one's health and when worn regularly, they can cause harm to our feet and posture. The higher the heel, the worser it will be. Although stilettos can make one taller and have a more attractive posture, the posture is not a natural one and it puts a lot of pressure and stress on the spine when the body is pitched forward. When wearing a stiletto heel, the entire body weight is directed onto the ball of the foot, changing the way you walk. This is because the heel found on your pair of stilettos is extremely long and thin, increasing the amount of pressure put onto your feet, which causes pain after walking in them for a while. Even though wearing flats are a better choice as compared to heels, flats do not offer much support to the arch. 1.5 to 2 inch heels are not just easy to walk in, they also build calve muscles but can cause problems such as corns, calluses and back pain. But if you are wearing 2.5 and above inch heels, you might want to consider leaving them for special occasions or wearing them only a few times a weak. You must always learn to wear different kinds of shoes in a week to minimise foot damage. Remember that whatever height of shoes you choose to wear, it will affect your health. Your feet and back will thank you one day when you are wearing the right kind of shoes.

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Source: Watsons Glow singapore October to December 2009 (Magazine)

Ever wondered why there are low and high tides?
This is because at the point directly under the moon, the water is at its closest to the moon. Therefore, there is more gravity which causes tides to rise higher. The water is at its furthest from the moon at the opposite side of the earth so the tides will not rise as high. A tide is a rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the moon, the sun and the rotation of the earth. Most coastal areas experience 2 daily low and high tides.
View this video on different types of tides: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHvBUDk7kkQ&feature=related

Cartesian Diver
The 'diver' sinks to the bottom of the bottle when one gently squeezes the sides of the bottle because pressure is applied and compresses the air bubble inside the 'diver' which will increase the density of the 'diver'. When the 'diver' is in the bottle and the bottle is not being squeezed, the air bubble is large enough such that it makes the 'diver' float.

DEAD SEA

The dead sea is one of the world's saltiest water bodies and its salinity does not allow any animals to live there, hence its name. It is 378m deep, 67km long and 18km wide. People use the salt and minerals from the dead sea to make facial or body care products. So why is it possible that we naturally float on the dead sea? There is a high content of salt in the dead sea, therefore, the water is denser. As a result, we are more buoyant in the dead sea so we are able to float and not sink.

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Surface Tension experiments
You can go to the links stated below to find out about experiments that are related to surface tension!
http://www.kids-science-experiments.com/speedboatmatchsticks.html
http://www.kids-science-experiments.com/runawaypepper.html
http://www.kids-science-experiments.com/bubblesround.html

Why does an orange float with its peel but sink when the peel is removed?
The inside of the orange is denser than water and the inside is mostly water, dissolved in a lot of sugar and other flavourful compounds that are heavier than the water molecules that they displace. The orange peel has trapped air pockets, so it floats but when the peel is removed, it sinks.

Kursk Submarine
This submarine was named after the Russian city, Kursk. It is 154m in length and four storeys high. Despite its appearance, why did it sink? A chemical explosion happened but after that, a bigger one ripped through the submarine. Seismic data show that the explosion occured at the same depth as the sea bed, so the submarine could have collided with the sea floor. Water rushed into some compartments of the submarine at 90 000l/s but each compartment could only withstand depths of 1000m, killing all men in there. As a result, the submarine sank. Forensic examinations revealed that the men who survived the 2 explosions gathered in a compartment which contained a secondary escape tunnel. Instead of escaping the hatch which was not known whether it could be worked from the inside, they preferred to wait for submarine rescue ships. However, there was a fire which rapidly used up oxygen, causing death to the remaining survivals.

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