tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75038957956465958652008-09-06T05:18:17.795-07:00BlogGet the latest science facts and stories behind amazing astronomy, math, physics, chemistry and biology facts and trivia!Sciensationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18256125488070570764noreply@blogger.comBlogger111251158082http://www.feedburner.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503895795646595865.post-33581050031843712542007-11-03T17:51:00.000-07:002007-11-20T06:04:51.198-08:00Warm and Sunny FactsThe Sun is our nearest star in the universe. Nearest, however is a very relative term because the Sun is a whopping 93 million miles away from us. In fact Sciensational reader Demandude from Missouri, United States had this Astronomy fact for us:
The sun is about 149 million kms (93 million miles) from earth, yet it's 270,000 times closer than the next nearest star, which is 4.3 light years Sciensationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18256125488070570764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503895795646595865.post-36306756581535076632007-10-31T10:26:00.000-07:002007-10-31T10:47:18.298-07:00Picking your brain factsWhere would we be without our brains, eh? Let's take a quick look at this wonderful organ.
Thanks to Sciensational reader Sidd posting on our biology facts page, we know that
The number of neuron cells in our brain is more than the total number of stars in our galaxy.That number is about 100 billion! What are neurons? Neurons are electrically charged little cells in our brain to make use of Sciensationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18256125488070570764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503895795646595865.post-31483780803936745302007-10-03T09:20:00.000-07:002007-10-28T19:25:07.223-07:00100% Pure Honey Facts!Honey is one of the oldest food sources we know. This fascinating fluid is created by honey bees from the nectar of flowers. Let's see what sciensational stuff we have for honey and the great honey bees.
Thanks to sciensational reader Ashalaya from Racine in Wisconsin, USA, we found out a really interesting chemistry fact:
Honey does not spoil.This is perhaps one of the greatest properties of Sciensationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18256125488070570764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503895795646595865.post-64271866757239237882007-09-24T08:56:00.000-07:002007-11-25T07:11:39.731-08:00Some Diamond Facts are Forever!Diamonds are really the most fascinating gemstones in the world. They have adorned the crowns of kings and queens throughout our history. A diamond is considered the most precious of all gemstones, and is surely justified in this role.
As often claimed by people selling them, Diamonds are indeed truly timeless, because they were created by immense temperature and pressure billions of years agoSciensationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18256125488070570764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503895795646595865.post-26772239846743298962007-09-21T09:53:00.000-07:002008-09-06T05:17:28.641-07:00Some Prime Quality Facts! Time for some prime facts roundup, or prime numbers round up to be arithmetically exact. Take the following sciensational mathematics fact:
The largest prime number is 9,808,358 digits long; more than the number of atoms in the universe.The basics first. What is a prime number? It's when a number can be divided only by itself, with no remainder, and by the number 1. You know, 1, 3, 5, 7, 11… Sciensationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18256125488070570764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503895795646595865.post-17956774858438185572007-09-14T08:32:00.000-07:002007-11-25T07:10:12.806-08:00Over the Moon factsThe moon is our nearest universal neighbour. Some say the Moon does not deserve to be called just a satellite of the Earth at all, and should be paid more respect as a minor or sub-planet because it is the fifth largest moon in our entire solar system.
So, how big is the moon? It's about 1/50th the volume of the Earth and has a diameter of 3,474 km (see a previous post to get more ideas about Sciensationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18256125488070570764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503895795646595865.post-65850808460197548462007-09-11T13:04:00.000-07:002007-11-25T07:09:13.610-08:00We all have some bones to pickWe are all made of flesh and bones. Our bodies are held together by the skeleton, which is a piece of wonder in itself. Let's talk about them fascinating bones, shall we. There are quite a few biology facts on human body at sciensational.
Let's begin with this one:
The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes or stirrup bone located in the middle ear. It is approximately .11 inches (.28 Sciensationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18256125488070570764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503895795646595865.post-23242150523107662152007-09-07T07:58:00.000-07:002007-11-25T07:08:35.542-08:00Let's Dig Some Gold FactsA sciensational chemistry fact on Gold, undoubtedly the most sought after precious metal throughout our history:
An ounce of gold can be stretched into a wire 80 kms (50 miles) long.Gold is not only precious, but pure gold is also very, very soft. So soft, in fact, that a single gram can be beaten into a sheet of one square meter! If you ever get some pure gold to play with (you wish, eh?), Sciensationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18256125488070570764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503895795646595865.post-56953060705581887442007-09-05T07:14:00.000-07:002007-11-25T07:07:59.493-08:00Relax, there's no pressure now!Science trivia hunters loved this sciensational physics fact:
At the ocean's deepest point, due to immense pressure, an iron ball would take more than an hour to sink to the ocean floor. This is because of pressure (hydrostatic pressure in this case.) Let's see, or rather, feel what it is.
Look around. Feel anything? No? You're wrong! There is pressure! It's all about pressure. Pressure is Sciensationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18256125488070570764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503895795646595865.post-450570726800966262007-09-04T09:59:00.000-07:002007-11-25T07:07:05.572-08:00We're not going to finish this Pi Consider the following mathematics fact on Sciensational about the value of Pi:
The digits to the right of the Pi's (3.141...) decimal point can keep going forever, and there is no pattern to these digits at all.Pi, represented by π , the 16th letter of Greek alphabets, has been considered the most mysterious and fascinating number in mathematics for thousands of years!
But what on earth is it?Sciensationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18256125488070570764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7503895795646595865.post-19923569890526851242007-09-03T09:09:00.000-07:002007-11-25T07:05:52.365-08:00Astronauts are taller upon return to Earth
You must have read this little astronomy tidbit on one of our Astronomy facts pages:
An Astronaut can be up to 2 inches taller returning from space. The cartilage disks in the spine expand in the absence of gravity. This is an effect of microgravity (when gravity is very little or none.) Gravity is what keeps us on the ground! Our spines, when not being compressed by gravity, are free to Sciensationalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18256125488070570764noreply@blogger.com