Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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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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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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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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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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