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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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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The Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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For a high school science fair project, 17-year-old Michio Kaku built a particle accelerator in his parent's garage that was able to generate a magnetic field 20,000 times greater than the Earth's and produce collisions powerful enough to create antimatter.
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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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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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If you blowtorch Pepto-Bismol, you would get a hunk of metal.
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