Your brain runs on about 20 watts of power, roughly enough to power a dim light bulb.

In 1954, a scientist allowed himself to be bitten by mosquitoes to study malaria transmission.

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Gorillas share over 95 percent of their DNA with humans.

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Some bacteria evolve resistance to antibiotics through natural selection.

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The Stanford linear accelerator helped advance particle physics research.

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The door-in-the-face technique uses large requests to gain smaller agreements.

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Fossils form when organisms are preserved in sediment over millions of years.

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Electric currents generate magnetic fields.

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The axolotl can regenerate limbs and even parts of its heart.

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