umair.ahmad (25)in #science • 7 years agoThe average human body carries ten times more bacterial cells than human cellsIt’s funny how we compulsively wash our hands, spray our countertops and grimace when someone sneezes near us—in fact, we do everything we can to avoid unnecessary encounters…umair.ahmad (25)in #nature • 7 years agoAn individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the bodyYou have about 5 litres of blood in your body (at least most people do) and the average heart pumps about 70 ml of blood out with each beat. Also, a healthy heart beats around 70…umair.ahmad (25)in #science • 7 years agoThere is enough DNA in an average person’s body to stretch from the sun to Pluto and back — 17 timesThe human genome, the genetic code in each human cell, contains 23 DNA molecules each containing from 500 thousand to 2.5 million nucleotide pairs. DNA molecules of this size are…umair.ahmad (25)in #programming • 7 years agoProgramming LanguagesA programming language is a formal language that specifies a set of instructions that can be used to produce various kinds of output. Programming languages generally consist of…