The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
155
Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
15
Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
11
Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
118
Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
162
Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
65