NOAA’s solar coronagraph on the L-1 observatory is now active, improving solar monitoring by capturing the Sun’s corona to track phenomena like CMEs. This tool enhances space weather forecasting, which is crucial to minimize disruptions on Earth, suc
If you were to lay out all the blood vessels in the human body end to end, they would stretch over 60,000 miles. That's enough to circle the Earth more than twice!
Ketchup was originally sold as a medicine in the 1830s. It was marketed as a cure for various ailments before becoming the popular condiment we know today.
Surfactants in car wash soap reduce water’s surface tension, which lets the soapy water spread evenly over your car’s surface—lifting and suspending dirt, creating foam that clings and cleans.
Curly hair may have offered evolutionary advantages
Studies suggest curly hair could have aided heat regulation and brain protection in early humans by trapping air and shielding the scalp from UV radiation more effectively than straight hair.
Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the Ottoman Empire on May 29, 1453. This event marked the end of the Byzantine Empire and is considered one of the key events that signified the end of the Middle Ages.