Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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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 now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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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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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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