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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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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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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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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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