0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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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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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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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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