Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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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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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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