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 sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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German scientists claim to have evidence that suggests that our universe may exist inside of a computer simulated Matrix.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Each day is longer than the previous on by 0.00000002 seconds which is 13 seconds each century!
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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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