During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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