If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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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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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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Sound travels fifteen times faster through steel than through air.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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