Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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