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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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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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Scientists in Germany have developed a candy that doesn't cause cavities.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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