Category Archives: Science

At what moment are you dead?

For as far back as we can trace our existence, humans have been fascinated with death and resurrection. But is resurrection really possible? And what is the actual difference between a living creature and a dead body anyway? Randall Hayes … Continue reading

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This Cell Might Hold the Answer to a Universal Cure for Cancer

There are a couple of different types of immunotherapy, but this new discovery points to a facet of our immune system that could be harnessed to treat all cancers, according to researchers. These recent findings, published in Nature Immunology, relate … Continue reading

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What I learned from parents who don’t vaccinate their kids | Jennifer Reich | TEDxMileHigh

Why do some parents reject vaccines, despite evidence that they’ve helped generations of children stay healthy? When sociologist Jennifer Reich started interviewing parents about this growing trend, she realized it wasn’t as simple as being ignorant or anti-science. In this … Continue reading

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Erik Verlinde: Gravity Doesn’t Exist | Big Think

Erik Verlinde is a theoretical physicist and string theorist and the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Amsterdam. The “Verlinde formula,” which relates to conformal field theory and topological field theory, is named after him. In a paper … Continue reading

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3 Ways To Smell Cancer

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What Is A Dinosaur And What Isn’t?

There’s a lot of confusion out there about what is and isn’t a dinosaur. And you’d be forgiven for being kinda confused. Maybe paleontologists are just messing with us. Or… maybe the question of what is and isn’t a dinosaur … Continue reading

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Has confinement turned us all into hikikomori? – ScienceBlog.com

After two months of lockdown, have we become like the hikikomori – the Japanese youngsters who choose to live in isolation, shunning the outside world?  Natacha Vellut, a psychosociologist at the CERMES3 laboratory and co-author of a book on the … Continue reading

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I Dipped my Hand into Boiling Hot Oil – Leidenfrost Effect?

Dipping hand in boiling hot oil to demonstrate physical properties! Check out Prideland on PBS Voices: https://youtu.be/ZETEru4Xepk Check out PBS Deep Look https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-3S… Check out PBS Above the Noise https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4K1… Water in Boiling Oil – Nick Moore Check Out Nick’s … Continue reading

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Can Viruses Travel Between Planets?

With the global pandemic of Covid 19 still encompassing the word, we are generally not big fans of viruses right now. But we sure are thinking about them a lot. That’s right, even astrophysicists are pondering these bizarre little critters. … Continue reading

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Turbulent Flow is MORE Awesome Than Laminar Flow

Special thanks to: Prof. Beverley McKeon and team https://www.mckeon.caltech.edu Destin from Smarter Every Day https://www.youtube.com/smartereveryday Nicole Sharp from FYFD https://ve42.co/fyfd I got into turbulent flow via chaos. The transition to turbulence sometimes involves a period doubling. Turbulence itself is chaotic … Continue reading

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