Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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Most dust particles in your house come from dead skin.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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