Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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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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