At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
15
Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
146
Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
-104
MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
20
A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
57
The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
65
If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
67
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.
6