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The Crazy Truth About These 10 Languages
This is gonna blow your mind! You’re gonna be like “what?!” Also includes more dialects and cultures (hence the extra flags) Some languages and cultures seem so different, but you’d be surprised how much they have in common! Like, share … Continue reading
Parallel Worlds Probably Exist. Here’s Why
Veritasium Special thanks to: Prof. Sean Carroll https://www.preposterousuniverse.com His book, a major source for this video is ‘Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and The Emergence of Spacetime’ I learned quantum mechanics the traditional ‘Copenhagen Interpretation’ way. We can use … Continue reading
The parrots that understand probabilities
nature video Kea, a type of parrot from New Zealand, have been surprising scientists with their smart predictions. Researchers set them a series of intelligence tests based around probabilities and social cues. They found that kea can perform better than … Continue reading
Gene sleuths are tracking the coronavirus outbreak as it happens
Genetic data shows that countries are getting hit with multiple introductions of the virus. by Antonio Regalado Mar 4, 2020 In the unprecedented outbreak of a new coronavirus sweeping the world, the germ’s genetic material may ultimately tell the … Continue reading
Does a Quantum State Collapse Instantly During a Measurement? Scientists “Film” It to Find Out.
Strontium ion trapped in an electric field. The measurement on the ion lasts only a millionth of a second. Credit: F. Pokorny et al. Quantum physics describes the inner world of individual atoms, a world very different from our … Continue reading
Kids Impersonate Spike Lee, Rosa Parks and More Black History Icons
In 2013, Eunique Jones Gibson snapped photos of Black children dressed as icons like Muhammad Ali, Harriet Tubman, Spike Lee and Rosa Parks. The photos were released during Black History Month that year in a campaign she dubbed Because of … Continue reading
Frightening Animation Compares the Size of Asteroids in the Solar System to New York City
A new animation created by Alvaro Gracia Montoya of MetaBallStudio provides a terrifying look at the exceptional asteroids currently in the solar system. The video begins by comparing a human to one of the minor planets before revealing their enormity … Continue reading
Powerful antibiotic discovered using machine learning for first time – Guardian
The culture plate on the right has bacteria that is resistant to all of the antibiotics tested. Photograph: Science History Images/Alamy A powerful antibiotic that kills some of the most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria in the world has been discovered … Continue reading
Blue Carbon. An invisible time bomb.
Just Have a Think Ocean Acidification is perhaps the most well publicised consequence of increased levels of carbon dioxide being absorbed by our oceans. But as the oceans also absorb vast quantities of heat from our human activities, and sea … Continue reading
The Real Implications Of Ex Machina’s Turing Test
Video essay exploring the real implications of Ex Machina’s Turing Test.
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