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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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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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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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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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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