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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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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Scientists concluded that the chicken came first, not the egg, because the protein which makes the egg shells is only produced by hens.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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