Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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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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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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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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