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Can You Describe This Smell? | Otherwords

Posted on June 23, 2026 by agogo22

Can You Describe This Smell? | Otherwords 23 Jun 2026 Humans can differentiate as many as a TRILLION different odors, and yet of all the senses, we have the fewest number of words for SMELLS… why is that? Otherwords is … Continue reading →

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Four pelican chicks have hatched in St James’s Park, marking the first successful pelican births there in more than 360 years.⁣ ⁣

Posted on June 23, 2026 by agogo22
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Scientists Thought This DNA Test Had An Error. It didn’t.

Posted on June 23, 2026 by agogo22
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Wild Dolphin does something unbelievable!

Posted on June 21, 2026 by agogo22

Freediving with an amazing Dolphin off the West Coast of Ireland!

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What has happened to /iː/ in British pronunciation?

Posted on June 20, 2026 by agogo22

31 May 2026 #accents #phonetics #vowelsound /iː/ (widely known in phonetics as the FLEECE vowel) is generally classified as a long, close/front, monophthong in Standard British English, and this is how it appears in dictionaries. But how far is this … Continue reading →

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Man Finds Paralyzed Hummingbird On Garage Floor | The Dodo

Posted on June 18, 2026 by agogo22
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What Are The Odds You’ll Become A Fossil?

Posted on June 18, 2026 by agogo22

18 Jun 2026 The Rest Is Science Most living things vanish without a trace. Some become fossils. But how? In this episode of Field Notes Professor Hannah Fry and VSauce’s Michael Stevens dig into the unlikely process that turns bone … Continue reading →

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There’s a secret history hidden in a whale’s ear

Posted on June 17, 2026 by agogo22
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EXHALE by SNIK

Posted on June 17, 2026 by agogo22

EXHALE, a multi-site mural project spanning the remote Norwegian island Utsira and mainland city Stavanger. EXHALE explores our connection to nature, a notion Utsiran locals are well accustomed to – the small community lives in respectful harmony within the surrounding … Continue reading →

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE | Consciousness likely not unique to earthlings, paper says

Posted on June 16, 2026 by agogo22

AUTHOR:JOHN SANFORD Drawing on Copernican tradition, philosophers argue for plausibility of other kinds of sentient life Does consciousness depend on flesh and blood? The answer is almost certainly no, according to Eric Schwitzgebel, a distinguished professor of philosophy at the … Continue reading →

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