Science

The Moon's atmosphere consists of 25 percent helium, 25 percent neon, 23percent hydrogen, 20 percent argon and residual amounts of methane, ammonia and carbon dioxide.

The largest tectonic plate is the Pacific one, covering an area of 103 million square kilometers.

Liver produces bile.

The name nicotine comes from the name of the French physician Jean Nicot, who recommended tobacco as a medicine in the 16th century.

Paleontologists used organisms trapped within amber to identify over 1,000 extinct species.

Australians prefer to use the more accessible term - "southern lights" instead of Aurora Australis.

There are fungi that hunt animals.

Snowfall has also been observed on Mars.

The history of anorexia begins with descriptions of religious fasts dating from the Hellenistic era to the medieval period.

Mushrooms are some of the oldest inhabitants of the Earth.