Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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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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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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The inventor of the Super Soaker squirt gun was a NASA Scientist who also helped develop the Stealth Bomber and the Galileo mission to Jupiter.
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Scientists have developed a microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, enabling us to live without breathing.
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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
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Your brain is 80% water.
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