In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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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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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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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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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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