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 average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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Oak trees produce 2,200 acorns in a season, but each acorn only has a 1 in 10,000 chance of becoming an oak tree.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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