MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
20
If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
114
There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
13
Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
75
There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
20
Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
44
Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
9
Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
118