Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
146
The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
17
In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
5
Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
181
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.
16
Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
134
Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
16
Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
44