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.
6
A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
7
Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
-23
The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
17
Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
11
MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
20
One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
51
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.
16