Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Scientists are attempting to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. A cellular human brain is predicted possible by 2023. It hopes to shed light on consciousness.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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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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One third of the electricity produced on earth is used to power electric light bulbs!
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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