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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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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The use of emoticons affects our corresponding brain areas and can actually trigger emotions.
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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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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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