The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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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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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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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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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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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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