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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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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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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