At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.
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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 idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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No matter how cold it gets, gasoline will not freeze.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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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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