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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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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