There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
13
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.
41
Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
88
The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
155
Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
304
Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
3
Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
162
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