Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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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.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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