A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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Forensic scientists can determine a person's sex, age, and race by examining a single strand of hair.
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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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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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There is a surgical implant being developed that will give you an orgasm at the touch of a button.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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The average home creates more pollution than does the average car.
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