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 Earth's atmosphere weighs about 5.5 quadrillion tons.
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Nylon is made from coal and petroleum.
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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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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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Blue eyes are a genetic mutation. Before the mutation occured, all humans had brown eyes.
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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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Sound travels about 4 times faster in water than in air.
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