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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The left ear is more responsive to words of love and emotion whispered into it than the right.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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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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If the chemical sodium is dropped into water it will immediately and violently explode.
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Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen make up 90% of the human body.
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Scientists are learning from the 1700-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which changes colour thanks to nano particles.
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