A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
134
Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
75
Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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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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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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