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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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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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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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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