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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It takes a photon 170,000 years to travel from the core of the Sun to the surface, but only 8 minutes to travel the rest of the way to Earth.
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Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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