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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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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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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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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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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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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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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