A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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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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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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