Geological studies show that the Himalayas formed due to plate collisions 50 million years ago.

Japan invented a maglev train that reaches 603 km/h—the fastest train in the world! It floats above the tracks using magnets. Passengers say riding it feels like flying at low altitude.

A rare ‘sapphire hawk’ in Colombia hunts at sunset. Its wings shimmer blue like a gemstone.

The world’s oldest working lighthouse is in Spain—the Tower of Hercules. Built during the Roman Empire about 1,900 years ago, it still guides ships today. Its stone walls have withstood centuri...

Studies show that coral reefs lose 14% of their area annually due to rising ocean temperatures.

Dolphins use echolocation with frequencies up to 200 kHz to detect prey in murky water.

The longest marathon in the world is the 3,100-mile ultra-race in New York. Runners complete 5,649 laps around one block in 52 days, running 100 km daily. It’s a test for the most enduring!

Sea turtles accumulate magnetite in their brains, aiding navigation using Earth’s magnetic field.

Geological data shows that the Great Barrier Reef formed 20 million years ago from corals.

Earth’s water contains heavy water (D₂O), where hydrogen is replaced by deuterium, at a concentration of 0.0156% by mass.

In Sweden, there’s an ice hotel in Jukkasjärvi village that gets rebuilt every year. It’s entirely made of ice and snow, including beds and the bar, with temperatures inside never rising above...

Climate data indicates a 10% rainfall decrease in the Mediterranean since 1900.

The largest aquarium in the world, SEA Aquarium in Singapore, holds 45 million liters of water. It houses 100,000 marine animals, including sharks and rays. The main tank is so huge you can scuba d...

The Earth’s core reaches a temperature of 6,000°C, comparable to the Sun’s surface, due to radioactive decay.

Ice cores from Antarctica contain data on volcanic eruptions from the last 740,000 years.

Mount Everest grows by 4 mm each year due to the tectonic movement of the Indian and Eurasian plates.

Gravitational waves, predicted by Einstein, were first detected in 2015 using LIGO.

During the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, astronauts left mirrors on the Moon. Scientists still use them to measure the distance to the Moon with centimeter precision by sending laser beams from Earth. It...

The chemical reaction of photosynthesis converts CO₂ and H₂O into glucose and O₂ using chlorophyll.

The chemical neutralization reaction between an acid and a base produces salt and water, studied in chemistry.