Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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