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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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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One barrel of petroleum holds 42 gallons.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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