At birth, the prostate gland is tiny. When testosterone levels rise during puberty, the prostate grows rapidly, doubling in size by age 20. Growth slows down for the next two decades and the prostate usually does not cause problems for many years. Less than 10% of 30-year-old men have an enlarged prostate.
Later scientists called Aristotle the Father of Natural Science because centuries after the ancient scholar's death, his methods formed the basis of the scientific method. Most people in Aristotleâs time believed the earth was flat, but he did not agree. The Greek thinker realized that a lunar eclipse occurred when the earth came between the sun and the moon. The shape of the earthâs shadow, Aristotle observed, was round. If the earth were flat, its shadow would have a much different form. Next, Aristotle considered the position of the North Star. The farther north you journeyed, the closer the North Star seemed to move to the middle of the sky.
Christopher Columbus is often miscredited for correcting this idea and discovering the Earthâs curves by not sailing off its edge, but in fact, it was Ancient Greeks, such as Aristotle and Pythagoras, around 2,400 â 2,600 years ago, who first proposed that the Earth was round. But youâre not here for a history lesson.