A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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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.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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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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