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 Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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