Physicist Lene Hau lead a team in 2001 that was the First to Completely Stop a beam of Light.
Later experiments included turning light into matter, and then matter back into light.
2020
Scientists once believed that the same side of Mercury always faced the Sun.
In 1965 astronomers discovered that the planet rotates three times during every two orbits it makes.
2008
Uranus was originally called βGeorgeβs Starβ.
The name βUranusβ was proposed in 1782, one year after its discovery, but wasnβt officially used until 1850.
2018
American and British Sign Language are not mutually intelligible.
While English speakers can understand each other, deaf people from different English speaking countries are unable to
2019
According to mathematics, white holes are possible, although we have found none.
A white hole is a hypothetical region of space-time which canβt be entered from the outside, although matter and light can escape from withi
2020
Emanuel Kant proposed an ethical theory dubbed "The Categorical Imperative".
This theory suggests that an action is moral if and only if you would want the personal rule that led you to preform this act to become universal to all humans.
1785
Pound cake got its name from its recipe.
The early recipes of pound cake called for one pound of butter, one pound of eggs, and one pound of sugar
2020
In 2007, Hong Kong researchers Warned the "Presence of SARS-CoV-like Viruses in Bats.
Together with the culture of eating exotic mammals in southern China this was a time bomb
2007
In the 1995 Halloween episode of The Simpsons, Homer Simpson finds a portal to the mysterious Third Dimension behind a bookcase, and desperate to escape his in-laws, he plunges through. He finds himself wandering across a dark surface etched with green gridlines and strewn with geometric shapes, above which hover strange equations. One of these is the deceptively simple assertion that P = NP.
The biggest unsolved mystery in Computer Science explained, the question that will earn 1M dollars to the first person to prove the answer. If answered as yes, this question will change the world of Computer Science as we know it today.
2009
Rubber ducks inspire play that develops muscle strength and coordination.
With their bright color, smooth texture, and (for some) squeaky or quacky sounds, rubber ducks sharpen toddlersβ senses
2020
There has never been a verified snow leopard attack on a human being.
They are very reclusive creatures, and even if they are disturbed, they are more likely to run away than to attack.
2012
The name for Hewlett-Packard (A.K.A HP) was decided in a coin toss.
in order to decide between Packard-Hewlett and Hewlett-Packard, they flipped a coin.
2020