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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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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Liquid TIDE laundry detergent glows under a blacklight.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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