Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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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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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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