One of those stories that just over(under?)whelms me in comparing how advanced mankind has become in relation to G-d (or mother nature or random chance if you're irreligious).
A hundred years of applying man's most brilliant intellect to computing, and we are now capable, with a "supercomputer", of "simulating" 1/2 the brain of a mouse!
Give us another 100 years! By golly, we'll simulate 1/4 the brain of a cat!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6600965.stmMouse brain simulated on computer
It takes a supercomputer to mimic a mouse brain
US researchers have simulated half a virtual mouse brain on a supercomputer...