7 of the most Awesome Science Facts That No One Knows

Ever imagined how everyday science works, or what lightning does to the atmosphere surrounding it? Well if you have had imagined such science facts, then congrats, we will be not discussing those common science facts here, which all people know.
We will be diving into the deep sea of facts, rather unknown interesting science facts that will blow your mind. This will force you to say, Science is truly beyond imagination.

Little Warning: This article is mere created to enjoy beauty of science. Writer is not responsible for collapse of thoughts or freezing of brain after complete reading of this bizarre article.

But before reading, let me make you aware that how much scientists are spending on their shopping now-a-days.

Scientist’s shopping list
Item – Bucky Ball
Price – only $167 million per gram

Chemistry is home to exotic materials. One such material is Endohedral Fullerenes which are basically nitrogen atoms encaged inside 60 carbon atoms. Recently, Oxford based start-up, Designer Carbon Materials manufactured these atoms and became one and only one manufacturer of such astonishing materials.

Interesting part is that, they sold 200 micro-grams of this material at a price of $33,400. This, on scaling-up becomes almost $167 million for just 1 gram of this ever-synthesised material.
Evidently, such materials are of great importance in making Atomic clocks because of their extraordinary electrical and spin properties. This can be boom to autocar makers, which are now moving towards self-driven cars. Atomic clocks used in GPS can give accuracy of millimeter range, which is utmost important for safety and reliability of such technology in near future.

Spiderman of the Chemicals: This Superfluid can climb the wall

Helium superfluid can defy the gravity of the earth, and climb the wall. When temperature of liquid Helium is lowered to 2.17 K, that is nearly to ZERO kelvin, weird properties are observed. With this, there is a remarkable transition in the properties of liquid, and a part of it becomes super-fluid. One of the most interesting properties of it is, that it acts as zero-viscosity fluid, which can rapidly move through any pore in the apparatus.

Every Hydrogen Atom in your body is likely to be 13.5 Billion Years Old

This is because they were created at the time of birth of the Universe. Initially, during the formation of Universe (i.e. Universe’s Singularity) the very first chemical element was Hydrogen. All the other elements were result of fusion of Hydrogen to helium and then to carbon and so on. Interesting science facts to note here are, almost 73% of the visible Universe is in the form of hydrogen. And, 25% mass is of Helium, and everything else makes up only 2% mass. Also, by mass, hydrogen and helium both combined make up less than 1% of the Earth.

Car Accidents can be “Toxic” now-a-days!!

Safety is the key factor that is necessary and demanded by all automakers and even buyers. One of the essential amongst them is the airbag. Airbag is that big thing which give passengers cushioning during the impact of accidents and protect them from fatal injuries. But what if I say the material packed inside them is very toxic!!

Airbags are filled with salt Sodium Azide, which are responsible for the working of airbags. When the collision occurs, the sensors of the car trigger electrical impulse. Because of this, the temperature of the salts dramatically raises in a fraction of a second. These, then decompose to form harmless nitrogen gas and airbag expands rapidly.

Well known chemist Glenn Seaborg was the only person to write his name and address in chemical elements

In how many ways could you write your name? Or, let me rephrase, in how many silly bizarre ways could you write your name?
Well Nobel laureate Glenn Seaborg was only person to write is name and address in chemical elements. He would just write,

Sg Lr Bk Cf Am.

Sg- Seaborgium (his last name Seaborg)
Lr- Lawrencium (named after Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Bk- Berkelium (named after city of Berkeley, home of UC Berkeley)
Cf- Californium (named after state of California)
Am- Americium (named after America)

(Fun Fact: Most of the readers have now tried writing their names the same way after reading this)

Rarest of the Rarest it is!!

Astatine, is the rarest naturally occurring element in the Earth’s crust. In Greek, Astatos means unstable. Astatine is naturally occurring semi-metal produced from the decay of Uranium and Thorium. At any one time, less than 1 gram of this element is available in Earth’s crust.
Evidently, only 0.00000005 grams of Astatine have been made by Scientists so far. This is because, in its most stable form (Astatine-210), it has half-life of only 8.1 hours. So, if scientists have to anytime use it, they have to made it from scratch. As the matter of science facts, scientists have never made it in its pure form, as any macroscopic specimen would be immediately vaporized by the heat of its own radioactivity.

Peace of Mind or Noise of Heartbeats?!!

If you stand here for quite a while, you will start to hear your heartbeat. Ringing in the ears deafens soon. Grinding noise of your bones can make you feel annoying. The more you stay there, the more you feel uncomfortable.
We are here talking about the World’s Quietest Room- Anechoic Chamber. This is because, it creates no echo at all. Chamber like this is present at the Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington.

Here, background noise reaches to such low levels, that mathematicians have theorized it as absolute zero of sound, and beyond it, is vacuum. This chamber is exclusively is used for the testing of various products and equipments. This include, audio equipment such as microphones, receivers, headphones and speakers, or to analyze clicks and hums from computing devices like keyboards, mice, fans and backlight modules on touch panels and displays.

Indeed, this room offers a very rare and sensational experience, with minuteness of sounds to loudness of human beings.

—OSD