Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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The weight of a carat (200 milligrams), standard unit of measurement for gemstones, is based on the weight of the carob seed.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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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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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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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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