Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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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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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Most liquid laundry detergents are alive with living organisms that help to break down stains!
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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