Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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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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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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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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