Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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