MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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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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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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