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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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!
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Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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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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