Many of the drugs used by neuroscientists are derived from toxic plants and venomous animals (such as snakes, spiders, snails, and puffer fish).
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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Pope Sylvester II tried to introduce Arabic numbers into Europe between the years 999 and 1003, but their use did not catch on for a few more centuries, and Roman numerals continued to be the primary number system.
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Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
Sandia ear-plug-sized samplers hang poised to sample gases relevant to climate and weather.