The honey bee is the only bee that dies after stinging.
Amazing fact: DNA
DNA was first discovered in 1869 by Swiss Friedrich Mieschler.
Amazing fact: Dry ice
Dry ice is the solid form of carbon dioxide, CO2.
Amazing fact: Female breast cancer
Female patients who had been imaged several times with fluoroscopy as a teenager or young woman as treatment for tuberculosis have been found to have an increased risk of breast cancer years later
Amazing fact: IARC
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is a part of the World Health Organization, classifies X-ray and gamma radiation as a "known human carcinogen.'
Amazing fact: Children received radiation dose
A recent study found that children who received a radiation dose of a least 30 mGy (milligray) from a CT scan to the bone marrow had three times the risk of leukemia compared to those who received a dose of 5 mGy or less
Amazing fact: CT scans on chest
A CT scan on the chest is equivalent to being exposed to two years of naturally occurring radiation
