Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
5
German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
68
Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
16
The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
155
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.
15
Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
116
Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
10
No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
107