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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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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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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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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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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