For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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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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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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