Author Archives: Kirin Johnson

About Kirin Johnson

Kirin Johnson is a blogger, CNA and caregiver for adults with disabilities. She is currently pursuing a career in nursing. Kirin enjoys expressing her knowledge on a variety of odd topics (especially insects, animals and unusual websites) through blogging.

Orion Nebula - Hubble 2006 Mosaic

Bizarre Facts Of The Eerie Cosmos

Most of us are not aware of the potential threats that can come from deep space.  In this post, we will discuss bizarre facts and theories about the vast and eerie cosmos.  Although not all space activities are threatening, they are certainly fascinating and can also be very elusive.   Some of them may seem like something straight from a science fiction movie.

Over the years, the definition for the term “cosmos” has gotten an additional meaning. Previously, the term was defined as a complex and orderly system in complete harmony.  It was originally a Greek word meaning both “order” and “world”.  This is because the ancient Greeks had previously thought the world was in perfect harmony and order. read more

5 Unbelievably Weird Insects

An insect is scientifically described as a member of the class Insecta. So how many different species of insects are there?  There is currently no precise number of known species.  However, scientists have  verified that there are over 1,000,000 different species of insects. Interestingly, there are some experts that believe the number is likely much higher.  They believe there could be around 30 million more insect species we still have yet to discover.

Insects make up about 80% of all species in the world. So what are the numbers for their entire population? According to ESA member Dr. E.O. Wilson from Harvard University, there are approximately 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 (10 quintillion) insects living on our planet.  This number makes the human population of over 7 billion look extremely small. read more