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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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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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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