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What hallucination reveals about our minds
Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks brings our attention to Charles Bonnet syndrome — when visually impaired people experience lucid hallucinations. He describes the experiences of his patients in heartwarming detail and walks us through the biology of this under-reported phenomenon.
Origami rose inspires a new way to collect and purify water – ScienceBlog.com
The rose is one of the most iconic plants in popular culture, but now the flower could hold more than symbolic value.A new device for collecting and purifying water, developed at The University of Texas at Austin, was inspired by … Continue reading
Evidence for the Multiverse | Full Talk | Catherine Heymans
The Institute of Art and Ideas Published on 25 May 2019 Can we ever observe universes beyond our own? Astrophysicist Catherine Heymans reveals the latest innovations that might help map out the multiverse.
The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo
Head of a European or Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) Vincenzo Leonardi (1589/90-1646) Rome, 1635. Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gum, over black chalk. Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 During the 17th century the … Continue reading
What animals are thinking and feeling, and why it should matter | Carl Safina | TEDxMidAtlantic
TEDx Talks Published on 13 Jul 2016 Carl Safina takes us inside the lives and minds of animals around the world, witnessing their profound capacity for perception, thought and emotion, showing why the word “it” is often inappropriate as we … Continue reading
Self Worth Theory: The Key to Understanding & Overcoming Procrastination | Nic Voge | TEDxPrincetonU
TEDx Talks Published on 20 Dec 2017 Nearly 80% of college students report that procrastination is a significant issue for them. Procrastination is not a matter of mere “laziness” and the solution is not simply “better time management”. Could it … Continue reading
A mind-blowing explanation of the speed of light | Michelle Thaller
Light exists outside of time. – The only things that travel at the speed of light are photons. – Nothing with any mass at all can travel at the speed of light because as it gets closer and closer to … Continue reading
RSA ANIMATE: The Divided Brain
Psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist describes the real differences between the left and right halves of the human brain. It’s not simply “emotion on the right, reason on the left,” but something far more complex and interesting. A Best of the Web … Continue reading
Senses of smell may begin on the tongue – ScienceBlog.com
Scientists from the Monell Center report that functional olfactory receptors, the sensors that detect odors in the nose, are also present in human taste cells found on the tongue. The findings suggest that interactions between the senses of smell and taste, … Continue reading
New Subatomic Particles Are Shifting the Standard Model of Physics
The Large Hadron Collider just discovered a new pentaquark, but how does it fit in our current understanding of the Standard Model? Could Everything We Know About String Theory Be Wrong? – https://youtu.be/gVcwcaI_viQ Read More: LHCb experiment discovers a new … Continue reading
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