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 Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Iron weighs more after it rusts.
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All Humans Are 99.9% Genetically Identical and 98.4% of human genes are the same as the genes of a chimpanzee.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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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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Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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