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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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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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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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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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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