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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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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According to scientists, the color of the cup that we're drinking from can alter our perception of the actual taste of the drink.
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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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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Pure water (H2O) does not conduct electricity on its own.
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