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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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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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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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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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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