Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
146
Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
1
It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
6
Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
9
Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
0
Hot water can freeze faster than cold water.
181
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.
10
Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
89