Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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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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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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