Resilient mold species aboard the International Space Station are not merely surviving microgravity and radiation — they are adapting, evolving, and potentially degrading the station's very infrastructure.
Cochineal, a bright red dye, is derived from the crushed bodies of scale insects.
Contrary to popular belief, fortune cookies did not originate in China, but in early 20th century San Francisco.
There exists a special species of earthworms found only in the town of Pondicherry, Southern India that can produce a vibrant purple pigment
In the 19th century, Serbian inventor and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla developed a method for transmitting power without wires.
Phalaenopsis amabilis, commonly known as the moth orchid, is a flower species that mimics the shape of insects to lure them for pollination
The Random Walk Theory is a financial theory that stock market prices cannot be predicted.
A peculiar phenomenon called 'the whispering of Alaska' creates an audibly silent city, despite its bustling activities.
Did you know that the Northern Short-tailed Shrew is one of the very few mammals with a venomous bite?
Star jelly, also known as star rot and astromyxin, is a gelatinous substance that supposedly falls during meteor showers. Its origin remains unexplained.
There's a pioneering technology that turns graffiti into electricity using sunlight, by a group of visionary scientists.
In Turkey's Black Sea region, honey can be naturally radioactive.
Mexico City has a mystery humming sound that only some people can hear, and its origin remains unknown.
Potatoes naturally contain slight amounts of radioactive material.
Did you know that fireflies or lightning bugs aren't actually flies or bugs but are types a beetle?
Did you know that the Earth once had a naturally occurring nuclear fission reactor?
Potato chips, a ubiquitous snack, were accidentally invented by a chef in the United States while trying to appease an unhappy customer.
Day-Neutral or Everbearing strawberries, unlike their summer-producing counterparts, can bear fruit virtually year-round in mild climates.
The Savuti Camp is home to a mystery: Namely, a fully-grown and living Baobab tree that floats on a lagoon with its roots partially submerged in the water.
Trees, contrary to popular belief, are not silent or passive organisms but have a complex communicative network beneath the soil.
A car part was used as a dominant prop in the classic musical film 'The Sound Of Music.'
Komodo dragons, the world's largest living lizards, have blood with surprisingly effective antibacterial properties.
An unusual annual event hosted at Harvard University which honours unusual and imaginative research projects from around the world.
Sound can't travel in space due to the lack of medium.
The color mauve was accidentally discovered by an 18-year-old chemist named Sir William Henry Perkin while attempting to create a synthetic quinine, a treatment for malaria.
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