This Week's Weblinks:
NASA's Keeping an Eye on Space Rocks
NASA's Asteroids and Comets
RASC Current Events
Previous Weeks' Weblinks:
Nanotechnology Now
Center for Nanotechnology
Hybrid Medical Technology
Planet Diary
National Earthquake Information Center
Meteorology Online Guides
Hubble Site
Planetary Science Research
Jupiter
Ocean Explorer
Whale Net
Norfanz Voyage
Strange Matter Exhibit
The Institute of Nanotechnology
Materials Research Society
Your Amazing Brain
Atlas of the Human Brain
The Whole Brain Atlas
This Week's Factoid:
Number of days a human can live without water: 3
Number of days a cockroach can live without its head: 9
Previous Weeks' Factoids:
The average life of a taste bud is 10 days.
The number of taste buds on the tongue: 10,000.
There are 2.5 trillion stars in the Milky Way. There are 250 trillion blood vessels in the human body.
Sound level the human ear can withstand without damage: 130 decimals — Sound level of an average rock concert: 150 decimals
Lightning strikes the earth about 100 times every second. One lightning bolt could power a 100-watt light bulb for three months.
The average human heart beats about 75 times a minute. In one year a human heart pumps enough blood to fill an Olympic-size pool.
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