Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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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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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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Each day, up to 150 species of life become extinct.
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