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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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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