Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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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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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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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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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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