A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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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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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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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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