At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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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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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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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.
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