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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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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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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