Evolution of me

Link: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,663849,00.html

Amazing work of fibrin and platelets to clot a wound

Fibrin is a protein created by the body that works with platelets in the blood to clot a wound. As they reach the wound site, they attach themselves to fibers, and create a mesh. Working with the platelets, they make a scab that covers the wound until it heals. Though, with the naked eye you would never guess that the process looks like this.

There are approximately 100 billion nerve cells in an adult brian. Each of those communicate with as many as 1,000 other nerves throughout the human body.

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