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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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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