Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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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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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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