German chemists made a replica of a trophy the size of one molecule.
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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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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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The gas that gives rotten eggs their distinctive foul smell may slow ageing and block damaging chemical reactions inside cells, according to scientists in China.
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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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A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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The idea of left brain (logical) and right brain (creative) has no basis in neuroscience and is in fact a myth.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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