Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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