Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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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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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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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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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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