Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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