MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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