Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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