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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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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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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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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