For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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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.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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