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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Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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In zero gravity, a candle's flame is round and blue.
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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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4.5 pounds of sunlight strike the Earth each day.
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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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