In the 60s, a scientist gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
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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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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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There are more atoms in one teaspoon of water than there are teaspoons of water in the Atlantic Ocean.
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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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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 have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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