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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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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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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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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