Pumice is the only rock that floats on water.
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The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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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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Neanderthal man had a brain capacity 100cc larger than modern man's.
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Brass doorknobs automatically disinfect themselves in about 8 hours.
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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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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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For every gallon of sea water, you get more than a quarter pound of salt.
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