Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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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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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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