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The human brain generates enough electricity to power a low-wattage light bulb.
Neurons in the brain produce constant electrical impulses. In a waking state, the brain generates about twenty-three…
The first computer virus was called 'Creeper'.
Created in 1971 as an experiment, it moved between computers displaying the taunt: 'I'm the Creeper, catch me if you…
The total weight of all ants equals the total weight of all humans.
Scientists estimate there are about 20 quadrillion ants on Earth. Though tiny, their combined biomass is roughly…
Honey crystallises fastest between 10 and 14 degrees Celsius.
Honey crystallises fastest at temperatures between 10 and 14 degrees Celsius. At higher temperatures, crystallisation…
There is a runestone in the United States attributed to the Vikings.
The Kensington Runestone, found in Minnesota in 1898, contains a runic inscription that recounts a Viking expedition…
Crows can recognise specific human faces and pass that knowledge on to other crows.
Experiments with masks showed that crows identify specific faces and react differently depending on the person. Crows…
Dolphins develop unique whistles that work like names and use them to call each other.
Each dolphin creates its own signature whistle in the first months of life. When one dolphin wants to call another…
Rüppell s vulture flies at altitudes above 11,000 metres, higher than Mount Everest.
This species of African vulture can fly at extreme altitudes because it has a special haemoglobin that captures…
The praying mantis has five eyes, two large ones and three small ones between them.
In addition to the two large compound eyes, the praying mantis has three simple eyes, called ocelli, located between…
The hyoid bone is the only bone in the human body that is not connected to any other bone.
The hyoid bone, located at the base of the tongue, does not articulate directly with any other bone. It is supported…
The interstitium is a new human organ discovered in 2018 that runs throughout the body.
The interstitium is a network of fluid-filled spaces between tissues, present under the skin and between organs…
The muscle that tries to move human ears still activates when we try to hear something difficult.
The auricular posterior muscle, an evolutionary vestige, contracts when we make an effort to hear difficult sounds…
The Silk Road was exclusively overland and never had maritime routes.
The Silk Road was not only overland. There was also a maritime Silk Road connecting ports in China, Southeast Asia…
The aurora borealis is a purely visual phenomenon and does not emit any sound.
Auroras can emit sounds, although faint. Finnish scientists have identified that the sounds, described as crackles or…
Noctilucent clouds are the highest clouds in the atmosphere and glow at night.
These clouds form in the mesosphere, about 80 kilometres altitude, where temperatures are extremely low. They are…
All 118 elements of the periodic table exist naturally on Earth.
Of the 118 elements in the periodic table, only about 90 occur naturally on Earth. The rest were created in the…
In 2025, artificial intelligence helped identify a new hypernucleus with two strange quarks.
A hypernucleus is an atomic nucleus that contains at least one hyperon, a particle with strange quarks. AI analysed…
The exoplanet PSR J2322-2650b is shaped like a lemon because it orbits a normal star.
The exoplanet PSR J2322-2650b, with a mass similar to Jupiter s, orbits a pulsar at an extremely short distance…
The interstellar comet 3I/Atlas releases more than five tonnes of water vapour per second.
Comet 3I/Atlas, the third known interstellar object to cross the Solar System, was observed releasing water vapour at…
A supermassive black hole was expelled from its galaxy and is creating stars along its path.
The James Webb telescope observed a runaway supermassive black hole, expelled from its galaxy, travelling through…
The world's smallest autonomous robots are smaller than a grain of salt.
Researchers at Penn and Michigan universities created programmable autonomous robots only 200 by 300 by 50…
Current artificial intelligence already possesses independent intellectual curiosity, similar to that of a child.
Experts, including Turing Award winner Robert Tarjan, state that current AI still lacks independent intellectual…
Russia has a larger surface area than the planet Pluto.
The surface area of Russia is about seventeen million square kilometers, while the surface area of Pluto is only…
Saturn would float in water if there were a bathtub large enough.
Despite its gigantic size, Saturn is the only planet in the solar system with an average density lower than that of…
