Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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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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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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