Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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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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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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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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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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