Displayed at right is the color deep chestnut, also known as deep Indian red. This is the color called chestnut in Crayola crayons. This color was also produced in a special limited edition in which it was called Vermont maple syrup. At the request of...

Although we have few choices when it comes to breathing--holding your breath isn't a very practical option even if the air around you has an ugly brownish cast or smells bad--we can make choices that minimize the amount of polluted air we breathe. We...

Mount Everest - also called Qomolangma Peak or Mount Chomolungma - is the highest mountain on Earth, and the highest point on the Earth's continental crust, as measured by the height above sea level of its summit, 8,848 metres (29,029...

Did you know that people are used to recycle since ancient times? 58% of U.S. newspapers are recycled. If all of our newspapers were recycled, we could save about 250 million trees each year! There is no limit to the amount of times an aluminum...

George Ebers in 1862 first discovered its antiquity in an ancient Egyptian Papyrus, dated 3500 BC.Aloe vera has been used for centuries in China and India. There are approximately two hundred different aloe vera plants. The gel of older...

Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams. 84% of a raw apple and 96% of a raw cucumber is water. Asparagus is a member of the lily family, which also includes onions, leeks, and garlic. Rice paper...

Clouds are formed of water that has evaporated from rivers, lakes, oceans ..... The essentials of the modern nomenclature system for clouds were proposed by Luke Howard, a British manufacturing chemist and an amateur meteorologist with broad...

The umbrella was originally invented to protect people from the hot sun. Rain drops can fall at speeds of about 22 miles an hour. Louisiana is the wettest state in the U.S, which receved an annual rainfall of 56 inches. Bergen in Norway is one...

Scientists studying ice cores from Greenland have discovered a 2000-year-old layer of lead. This layer was produced by air pollution from extensive mining activities in ancient Spain. The Spanish lead mines were operated by the Romans and...

Found in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in California, the oldest tree recognized is a Redwood known as Eternal God. The tree is believed to be 12,000 years old, although it is argued as being only 7,000 years old, which still makes it the...

Wild tulips come from the Caucaus montains and throughout Turkey. The ones in Holland are because of the economics of gardening. The Daisy flowers open at dawn and are visited by many small insects. The daisy (Bellis Perennis) has a long history...

In the prior inter-glacial period about 125,000 years ago, there was no summer ice at the North Pole and the sea level was 15 feet (5m) higher than today. The earth's average surface temperature has increased by about 0.7°C during the last century....