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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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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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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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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