Your brain is 80% water.
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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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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter "J".
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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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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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