Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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