A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
7
Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
146
The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
16
The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
21
There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
13
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.
10
Iron weighs more after it rusts.
16
All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
51