At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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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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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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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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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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