Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
50
All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
51
Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
5
The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
155
Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
39
Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
75
For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
34
Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
408