A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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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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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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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 left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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