In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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MIT has developed a camera that captures the speed of light at a trillion frames per second.
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Dr.Jonas Salk, the man who came up with the cure for polio, didn’t patent the drug. This made the drug more affordable to the general public, and he lost out an an estimated $7 billion dollars for himself.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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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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Your brain is 80% water.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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