Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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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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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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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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