Read these 11 fun facts and you’ll know why: 1. The body has billions of nerve cells Every person’s body contains billions of nerve cells (neurons). There are about 100 billion in the brain ...

The ancient Egyptians thought so little of brain matter they made a practice of scooping it out through the nose of a dead leader before packing the skull with cloth before burial. They believed ...

There is nothing worse than talking to someone who has a brain full of cobwebs, and so to ensure that you never end up on the wrong side of a bar talk, here are some fun facts about the world to ...

Scientists have finally quantified the brain’s speed limit in processing human thought, an advance that reveals why we are able to process only one thought at a time. The human body’s sensory ...