German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Research indicates that plants grow healthier when they are stroked.
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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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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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