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    Sequencing DNA from Cigarette Butt in Street and 3D Printing Face from It
    It's possible to sequence DNA on gum and cigarette butts found in the street and 3D print a very accurate face from it.
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    A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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    There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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    Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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    Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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    Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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    Bioluminescent Plants
    Bioluminescent Plants
    The world's first genetically-engineered bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) house plants have been created and could eventually be used as a functional light source.
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    All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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