Portal:Science/Did you know

• that the village of Ytterby in Sweden has four of the elements in the periodic table named after it; Erbium, Terbium, Ytterbium and Yttrium? This is because the elements were first found in minerals from the quarry near the village.
• that Albert Einstein was considered by his school-teachers to be a slow learner?
• that 2005 has been endorsed by the United Nations as the World Year of Physics?
• that plastic is the most used synthetic polymer?