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Symphony of Science – the Quantum World!
mp3: http://bit.ly/oRYyiV A musical investigation into the nature of atoms and subatomic particles, the jiggly things that make up everything we see. Featuring Morgan Freeman, Stephen Hawking, Michio Kaku, Brian Cox, Richard Feynman, and Frank Close. “The Quantum World” is … Continue reading
How would a piano sound on Mars? Embark on an interplanetary sonic journey | Aeon Videos
If the Universe is born and no one is present to hear it, does it still make a sound? Well, theoretically, yes. As this video from the US filmmaker John DBoswell (also known as Melodysheep) explores, where a ‘thick soup … Continue reading
Earth Tilted on Its Side And Then Suddenly Reversed, 84 Million Year Ago
[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the ancient times when Earth apparently changed its spin axis by a large amount for no apparent reason Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4146… […]
17-year-old Black girl makes color changing sutures that detect infection
All over the world, infections at the site of surgical incisions are a major cause of new illnesses, extended hospital stays and even death. In the U.S. alone, these infections cost more than $3 billion annually, with even worse statistics … Continue reading
Earwax, Butt Hair, and Other Weird Human Attributes
You can probably tell someone the purpose of most of your body parts. But what about earwax? Or your appendix? If you’re looking for those answers, or wondering why you have a butt, pop a squat to find out about … Continue reading
If Tomatoes Could Talk, Here’s What They’d Say | SciShow News
We’d pictured the plant-fruit relationship as one-way, but new research reports that sometimes the fruit can talk back! And while cow burps are a widely cited contributor to climate change, it turns out that wild pigs might also be contributing … Continue reading
Why Getting Dizzy Breaks Your Brain (Temporarily)
We’ve all gotten dizzy before… but have you ever gotten WEIRD DIZZY? I teamed up with Vanessa Hill from BrainCrat to answer the question “why do we get dizzy?” and in the process we learned about some very strange and … Continue reading
Swimming Tentacled Droplets | Kottke
Well, this is really quite odd. A group of scientists discovered that if they cool ordinary oily droplets floating in water down to around 2-8°C, they change shape, grow tentacles, and propel themselves around […] More: Swimming Tentacled Droplets
Could You Ever Be Immune To Every Germ? Your Immune System, Explained
[…] Do you remember having a cold in 5th grade? Or the flu a couple years ago? Your immune system does. Our bodies hold many levels of immune defense.Physical barriers like skin, the innate immune system, and our body’s most … Continue reading
Truth vs Reality: How we evolved to survive, not to see what’s really there | Donald Hoffman
Galileo was quite controversial, in part, because he argued that Earth moved around the sun, despite people’s senses deluding them that the world was static. Evolution may have primed us to see the world in terms of payoffs rather than … Continue reading
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