The force of a suction cup is calculated using F=AP.
15
At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
55
A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
7
Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
0
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
Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
10
MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
20
Cold water weighs more than hot water.
93