A cesium atom in an atomic clock beats over nine billion times a second.
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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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A single cup of gasoline, when ignited, has the same explosive power as five sticks of dynamite.
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A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of 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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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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