All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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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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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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