In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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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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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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