2012, THE YEAR SCIENCE ROCKED

Life on Mars? It’s Curious, Alright.

A two-year fact finding mission began for Mars Rover Curiosity on August 6, 2012. As well as the amazing photos it has sent back of a planet previously inaccessible, Curiosity has found evidence of a riverbed on the Red Planet. Excitingly, if the planet hasn’t always been as arid as it is now, it’s one step closer to possible that it has been capable of sustaining life.

The God Particle

The Higgs Boson Particle has long been a theory of physicists, but 2012 brought the discovery of evidence that this is more than just scientific conjecture. Though years of research lie ahead, the work at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider is focused on getting to know this particle that is the basis for all matter, not just on Earth, but in the universe. Once the scientists and the particle are fully acquainted, we may just have the explanation for how the universe works.

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Some cool facts about your blood

Your blood makes up 7 to 8% of your total body weight, with men averaging 10 – 12 pints in their body at any one time and women 8 – 9 pints.

Blood contains white and red cells, with 700 times more red cells present than white.

Your body creates around 2.4 million red blood cells EVERY SECOND, meaning that at any one time, a healthy adult has around 35 trillion of these little cells floating around inside them.

Each red blood cell lasts around 120 days, meaning that with so many of them required to keep you healthy it’s little surprise that the body has to work hard at keeping supply up.

Your body creates around 2.4 million red blood cells EVERY SECOND, meaning that at any one time, a healthy adult has around 35 trillion of these little cells floating around inside them.

The Hotel Of Death

HH Holmes, one of the first documented American serial killers, unveiled a castle-themed hotel at the 1893 Worlds Fair in Chicago. It wasn’t long until people realized that when guests checked in, they had a tendency not to come back out.

Women are almost three times chattier than men

There’s little doubt that all but the most taciturn of women could talk most men under the table. What’s surprising is that women utter 20,000 words a day compared to only 7,000 spoken by men. With women also being found to speak twice as fast as men, it remains to be seen if the reason men speak less is simply because they can’t get a word in edgeways.

Some SpongeBob facts

SpongeBob’s Biggest Fan

Even the President loves SpongeBob. In a 2007 interview with TV Guide, POTUS Barack Obama admitted that he used to watch the show with his daughters and that SpongeBob was his favourite cartoon character.

Don’t I Know You?

Next time you’re watching SpongeBob, see if his voice sounds a little familiar. The voice behind SpongeBob, Tom Kenny, is also the voice for Ice King on “Adventure Time,” Dog on “Catdog,” the Mayor from “The Powerpuff Girls,” and Heffer Wolfe from “Rocko’s Modern Life.”

SpongeBob Exists

Think SpongeBob is just a cartoon? Think again. After a newly discovered sea sponge was named Spongiforma squarepantsii, everyone’s favourite fictional sponge has now become