Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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