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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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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One cubic foot of gold weighs more than 1,200 pounds!
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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