Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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The hair of an adult man or woman can stretch 25 percent of its length without breaking.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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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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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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