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 at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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