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.
7
Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
101
Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
11
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.
5
Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
57
In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
17
Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
41
Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
24