0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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