At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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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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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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