1 Gases consist of large numbers of molecules (or atoms, in the case of the noble gases) that are in continuous, random motion. 2  The volume of all the molecules of the gas is negligible compared to the total volume in which the gas is contained.  Attractive and repulsive forces between gas molecules is negligible.
Medical authorities say that Olympic sprint champion Florence Griffith Joyner died of suffocation month ago after suffering seizure while she slept; say seizure was caused by congenital abnormality of blood vessels in her brain (M)
World's oldest person Misao Okawa dies in Japan. Read more about sharing. The world's oldest living person, Japan's Misao Okawa, has died from heart failure at the age of 117. She died in a nursing home in Osaka, the city she was born in on 5 March 1898. She is survived by three children, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.