Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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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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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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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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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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