Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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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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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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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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