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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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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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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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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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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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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