Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Cold water weighs more than hot water.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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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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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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