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.
10
One 75-watt bulb gives more light than three 25-watt bulbs.
57
In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
16
Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
5
Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
41
The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
40
Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
9
0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
310