Science Facts for Kids

Honey is the only natural food that never spoils — edible honey has been found in 3,000-year-old Egyptian tombs.

Humans share about 60% of their DNA with bananas.

A single cumulus cloud can weigh more than a million pounds thanks to all the tiny water droplets inside.

Rubber bands last longer when stored in the refrigerator because cold slows down the breakdown of rubber.

Your body has roughly as many bacterial cells as human cells — about 38 trillion of each.

Water can boil and freeze at the same time under special conditions called the triple point.

Contrary to popular myth, glass is not a slow-moving liquid — it's an amorphous solid.

Your brain generates enough electricity to power a small LED light bulb.

Helium makes your voice higher because sound travels nearly three times faster through helium than through air.

If you heat a magnet hot enough, it loses its magnetism permanently because the atoms get too scrambled.