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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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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Scientists are now able to grow 'beating' heart tissue in a lab!
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.
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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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The brain case [of Neanderthals] on the average was more than 13 percent larger than that of the average of modern man
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According to studies, men change their minds two to three times more often than women.
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