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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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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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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