Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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