Balsa wood is classified as a hard wood!
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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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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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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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