Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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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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Your brain is 80% water.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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