MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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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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Indoor pollution is 10 times more toxic than outdoor pollution.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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