The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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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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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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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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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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