Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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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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Out of all the senses, smell is most closely linked to memory.
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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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