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What if you could talk to God? Not through prayer, but through thought? Where you would be able to converse directly, and receive direct answers. One group of scientists believed it was possible and set out to do just that. They were going to open the gateway of the mind.
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Cryonics is the practice or technique of deep-freezing the bodies of people who have just died, in the hope that scientific advances may allow them to be revived in the future. For Trygve Bauge, the death of his grandfather opened a door for him to pilot cryonics. Today, he is legendary, and oddly celebrated annually as “Frozen Dead Guy Days.”
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If you have any interest in extraterrestrials, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of the Nazca lines. What you may not have heard of is the three-fingered mummified bodies found there as well.
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Every American knows the name, George Washington. Not only is his face on the $1 bill, he was a General during the Revolutionary War and became America’s first president. Washington was loved by many – the people, his family and his friends. One such friend rushed to his side as he lay dying, but was too late. This friend, Dr. William Thornton hatched a plan to resurrect the president.
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Brains are not just food for zombies, but an enigma to the professionals who study them. The brain functions as the coordinating center of sensation and intellectual nervous activity, and it is believed that the brain is the key to understanding things like mental illness, disease, and psychological ambiguities. But what good is a brain, without mindful substance, aside from a tasty snack?
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Andrew Ure was born on May 18, 1778, in Glasgow, United Kingdom. The son of a wealthy cheesemonger, he received an expensive education, studying at both Glasgow University and Edinburgh University. He received his MD from the University of Glasgow in 1801 before spending a brief time with the army, serving as a surgeon. In 1803, he finally settled in Glasgow; becoming a member of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons.
In 1804, at the newly formed Andersonian Institution (now the University of Strathclyde), Ure became a professor of chemistry and natural philosophy. He gave evening lectures on chemistry and mechanics, which he encouraged the average working man and woman to attend. With audiences of up to 500, his lectures inspired the foundation of numerous mechanical institutions throughout Britain.
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