Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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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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Termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.
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When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times your body weight.
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Billions of neutrinos pass unnoticed through your body every second.
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In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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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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