Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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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 have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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