There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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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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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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