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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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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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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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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