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The elegant physics experiment to decode the nature of reality | Aeon Essays
Photo by Andrea Buso/Gallery Stock How a sunbeam split in two became physics’ most elegant experiment, shedding light on the underlying nature of reality Imagine throwing a baseball and not being able to tell exactly where it’ll go, despite … Continue reading
5 Times Evolution Should Have Planned Ahead
Natural selection can lead to some pretty amazing adaptations, but sometimes the resulting traits aren’t the most efficient solutions to the problems at hand. With the bar set to “good enough,” here are some features that arose from evolution which … Continue reading
How Do We Read? It’s Magic (Almost)
[…] Reading. You’re doing it right now. I bet you don’t even have to think about it. But have you ever wondered what’s happening in your brain to turn all these weird symbols into meaning? This video will teach you … Continue reading
Why evolution is not a tree of life but a fuzzy network | Aeon Essays
The coral reef surrounding Sand Cay No 6, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Photo by David Doubilet Classic evolutionary theory holds that species separate over time. But it’s fuzzier than that – now we know they also merge I remember … Continue reading
99 Years Later… We Solved It
How do these rocks move on their own in the desert? […]
How might neuroergonomics help us deal with mental overload? | Aeon Essays
As tasks mount up, our brain’s ability to juggle goes down. Neuroergonomic tactics can relieve the cognitive burden Just about every parent will have a personal version of this scenario, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic: it is evening after a … Continue reading
Mapping the ‘superhighways’ travelled by the first Australians
Superhighways’ used by a population of up to 6.5 million Indigenous Australians to navigate the continent tens of thousands of years ago have been revealed by new research using sophisticated modelling of past people and landscapes. The new insights into … Continue reading
Marie Tharp: Uncovering the Secrets of the Ocean Floor – with Helen Czerski
Continental drift is common knowledge now, but when the idea was first proposed it was revolutionary. Helen Czerski tells the story of how the maps of one of history’s finest cartographers shifted our view of the planet. Subscribe for new … Continue reading
The Speed of Light is Infinite… Kind Of.
[…] Is the speed of light finite? Or is it infinite? That depends on what geometry you’re using and how you define speed. It’s infinite in hyperbolic geometry, which is the proper geometry for spacetime. 00:00 Cold Open 00:49 Speed … Continue reading
Algae Might One Day Rule the World
[…] Algae is one of the oldest and most abundant forms of life on planet Earth, so it only makes sense that it offers a ton of solutions to unsustainable modern problems. Here are five ways in which algae continues … Continue reading
BBC Radio 4 – The Life Scientific, Ben Garrod on conservation and extinction
Ben Garrod is an obsessive bone collector and wild animal behaviourist. He was destined for a career in medicine but a chance encounter with primatologist Jane Goodall reignited his life long passion for conservation and led to him managing and … Continue reading
