The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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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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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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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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Stannous fluoride, which is the cavity fighter found in toothpaste is made from recycled tin.
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If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
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