Human Brain: Facts, Functions & Anatomy | Live Science
WEBMay 28, 2021 — The human brain weighs about 3 lbs. (1.4 kilograms) and makes up about 2% of a human's body weight. On average, male brains are about 10% larger than female brains, according to Northwestern ...
A beginner's guide to time travel - Live Science
WEBJul 13, 2022 — One of the key ideas in relativity is that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light — about 186,000 miles per second (300,000 kilometers per second), or one light-year per year). But ...
World Wide Web: Definition, history and facts | Live Science
WEBMar 31, 2022 — Creating WWW. Before the invention of the World Wide Web (WWW), the earliest internet users were mainly researchers and military personnel. The network was complicated and, although it was ...
Albert Einstein: Biography, facts and impact on science
WEBMar 11, 2024 — Einstein was born in Ulm, in the German state of Württemberg, on March 14, 1879, according to a biography from the Nobel Prize organization. His family moved to Munich six weeks later, and in ...
How does cloning work? - Live Science
WEBNov 17, 2021 — The most basic definition of cloning is the creation of an exact genetic copy of an organism, tissue, cell or gene, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. The how and why of cloning ...
The solar system: Facts about our cosmic neighborhood
WEBFeb 25, 2022 — The solar system is a collection of planets, moons, asteroids, comets, dust and gas that orbit our local star, the sun. It includes the rocky inner planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars; the gas ...
How does condensation happen? - Live Science
WEBOct 13, 2022 — It can happen in one of two ways. For condensation to form, water vapor is either cooled to its dew point – which is the temperature at which water in the air condenses to create water droplets ...
Chimpanzees: Intelligent, social and violent | Live Science
WEBApr 7, 2021 — Chimps share 98.7% of their DNA with humans and have a lot of the same traits. They are known for being intelligent, social and violent animals that live in complex societies. Chimpanzees have ...
20 inventions that changed the world | Live Science
WEBJul 19, 2023 — Refrigerator. 18. Nuclear energy. 19. Vaccines. 20. X-rays. Humans are naturally curious and creative, two traits that have led our species to many scientific and technological breakthroughs ...
The Roman Colosseum: Facts about the gladiatorial arena
WEBJul 22, 2022 — The Colosseum was the largest amphitheater built in ancient Rome. The massive arena held thousands of spectators, who packed the stands to watch gladiators battle to the death and fight exotic ...