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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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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