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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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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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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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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