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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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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