If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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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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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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