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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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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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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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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