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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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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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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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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