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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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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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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