Science Facts

Bananas are measurably radioactive.

Diamond and pencil graphite are both made of pure carbon.

The metal gallium melts in the palm of your hand.

Glass is an amorphous solid, not a slow-moving liquid.

Honey never spoils.

A single bolt of lightning is hotter than the surface of the sun.

Plasma, not solid, liquid, or gas, is the most common state of matter in the universe.

The sky is blue because air molecules scatter blue light more than red light.

Sound cannot travel through the vacuum of outer space.

Water is one of the few substances that expands when it freezes.