A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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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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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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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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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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