Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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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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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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