Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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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 smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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Some toothpastes and deodorants contain the same chemicals found in antifreeze.
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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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