Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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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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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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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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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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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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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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