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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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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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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The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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