Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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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 are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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