Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA.
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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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Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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The average temperature at 40,000 feet above sea level is -60 F.
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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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0.3% of solar energy from the Sahara is enough to power the whole of Europe.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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Nearly 50% of the world's scientists are assigned to military projects.
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