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.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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