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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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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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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The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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