Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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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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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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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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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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