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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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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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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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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