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Half of the world’s GDP comes from the shaded region

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Ok, it’s official, I think Canada now has the best looking passport. Freaking Narwhals!

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Scientists Discover a Brand New Blood Type!

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Why Did These Test Tubes Appear In Your Street?

[…] You may have noticed these test tubes on lamp posts all over the UK recently. What do they do? And where did they come from? They’re part of a clean air scheme and they’re used to collect samples of … Continue reading

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How Blade Runner Tests for Empathy: Voight-Kampff Explained | Scifi Science

What makes someone real? And if we met a machine that could feel, how would we even know? ____________ Join on Patreon for members only videos: patreon.com/user?u=83887531 ____________ In Blade Runner, the Voight-Kampff test measures empathy, not intelligence, not memory. … Continue reading

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Rain on planets across our Solar System

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Antimatter annihilates REAL matter!

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Astonishing discovery by computer scientist: how to squeeze space into time

This year, computer scientist Ryan Williams showed an astounding connection between space and time. He thought it was too strange to be true. But, it is. It’s about space, time, fundamental constraints, a 50-year-old mystery, and magical pebbles that resolved … Continue reading

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We Turned the Mediterranean Into One Big Particle Physics Experiment

[…] In order to study the smallest particles in the known universe, physicists have to build incredibly huge detectors. One of them, currently under construction, stretches across the Mediterranean from France to Greece. And despite being under construction, it’s still … Continue reading

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Can Copenhagen Atomics Make Thorium Reactors Work? An Exclusive Tour to Find Out

What will it really take to commercialise a thorium molten salt small modular reactor? I recently visited Copenhagen Atomics’ research and development facility to find out. There, they’ve got nearly a full working system, everything except the nuclear reaction in … Continue reading

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