Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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.
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