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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Saturn's moon, Mimas, not only looks like the Death Star, it also has a Pac Man heat signature.
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There is a growing sport in Berlin and London called Chess Boxing. Players alternate between a round of chess and a round of boxing until one is declared winner either by checkmate, KO, or technical stoppage.
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There's a company in China that allows you to hire someone to stand in line for you for $3-$5 an hour.
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The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once in day and once in night for a period of only three weeks in a year. This results in continuous 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
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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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