Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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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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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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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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