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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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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