Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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