How many faces are there in an icosahedron?

Science Trivia / November 27, 2024

20 Faces. An icosahedron has twenty faces, is one of the Platonic solids, and represents the universe.

What is a carefully-built set of ideas that has been tested again and again?

Science Trivia / November 26, 2024

Theory. Scientists use the term "theory" as an explanation of reality that has been thoroughly tested.

What is the deepest ocean zone?

Science Trivia / November 26, 2024

Hadal Zone. "Hadal" comes from a Greek word that means "unseen".

What September 1928 hurricane damaged Florida?

Science Trivia / November 25, 2024

Okeechobee. The Okeechobee hurricane in 1928 was the first to reach Category 5 in the Atlantic basin.

Who was the first African-American woman to fly on the space shuttle?

Science Trivia / November 25, 2024

Mae Jemison. Jemison served as a Peace Corps Medical Officer from 1983 to 1985 in Libera and Sierra Leone.

What was originally defined as one 10-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole?

Science Trivia / November 24, 2024

Meter. During the French Revolution, French scientists were told by Napoleon to devise their own system, now known as the metric system.