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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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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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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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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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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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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