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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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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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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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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