At 15 years old, Jack Andraka invented a method of diagnosing pancreatic cancer, thus helping to save the lives of millions of people around the world. It is 168 times faster, 26,000 times cheaper, 400 times more sensitive, and has a 99% success rate.
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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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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the 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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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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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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