One teaspoon of good soil can contain several hundred million bacteria.
Microbiologists, soil scientists
The largest internal organ, the small intestine, is responsible for approximately 90% of all nutrient absorption.
The half-life of Uranium-238 is 4.468 billion years, making it an excellent geological clock for dating the age of the Earth and meteorites.
Mangrove forests, though occupying a small percentage of Earth's surface, are exceptionally efficient 'blue carbon' ecosystems, storing up to four times more carbon per hectare tha...
Early plants resembled moss and reproduced with single-celled spores — multicellular seeds didn't evolve for another 150 million years