A coal power station puts 100 times more radiation into the air than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy.
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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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Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
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Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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Galalith is a type of plastic that can be made from milk. It is odourless, insoluble in water, biodegradable, anti-allergenic, antistatic, and virtually non-flammable.
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A single speck of dust is half way in size between a subatomic particle and the Earth.
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes.
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The most expensive material on the planet is antimatter - worth $62.5 trillion per gram.
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