Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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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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