Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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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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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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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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