Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
57
Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
162
Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
89
Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
15
Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
75
Iron weighs more after it rusts.
68
Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
3
Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
42