Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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