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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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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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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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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