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Why Our Sewers are Plagued by Fatbergs
Sure, throwing grease down the drain is not great for the plumbing in your home, but it can actually cause problems on a much bigger scale in the form of FOGs – also known as fatbergs. And yes, those are … Continue reading
5 Types of Awesome Glass Made by Nature
When it comes to sparkly objects, the planet Earth has a lot to offer. Here are 5 especially awesome glasses made by nature! Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try out Brilliant’s Daily Challenges. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an … Continue reading
After 15,000 years, it’s waking up
Why did the US military dig a tunnel in the Alaskan tundra? What is the tunnel used for now? […]
Why did our brains shrink?
We’ve lost a lemon sized piece of brain. Here’s three hypotheses that try to explain what happened. Sources: Hawks, John. “Selection for smaller brains in Holocene human evolution.” arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.5604 (2011). HENNEBERG, MACIEJ. “Decrease of Human Skull Size in … Continue reading
How do particle accelerators make neutrinos? | Even Bananas
Neutrinos are neutral, meaning the magnets in a particle accelerator can’t manipulate them. So how can scientists make a dense beam of neutrinos for their experiments? Neutrino physicist Kirsty Duffy and Fermilab accelerator operator Laura Bolt explain the power of … Continue reading
The Strange Science of Why We Dream
[…] It would be a lot easier to study the science of dreaming if we weren’t asleep every time we did it. Why do we dream? What does dreaming do for our brains? How did dreaming evolve? Here’s a look … Continue reading
How trance states forged human society through transcendence | Aeon Essays
Ethiopian Orthodox Christians pray on the last day of ‘Abiy Tsom’, fifty-five days of fasting ahead of Easter, at Medhane Alem Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 7 April 2018. Photo by Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Whether via music, dance … Continue reading
The Physicist Who Travels Across Disciplines, Space and Time
A playful polymath who is prone to leaping from string theory to Proust in mid-conversation, Vijay Balasubramanian of the University of Pennsylvania is a physicist, computer scientist and neuroscientist. He has made fundamental contributions to theories of black holes and … Continue reading
Why Genetic Engineering Can’t Do Everything (Yet)
[…] We’ve made some great strides in understanding the human genome, but before we can tackle genetic engineering, we have some “chicken and egg” problems to figure out. Hosted by: Hank Green […]
Groundbreaking earthquake discovery: Risk models overlook an important element | News, University of Copenhagen
Haitian earthquake. Photo: Getty GEOLOGY Earthquakes themselves affect the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates, which in turn could impact on future earthquakes, according to new research from the University of Copenhagen. This new knowledge should be incorporated in computer models … Continue reading
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