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The Agate Mystery: Why We Can’t Synthesize This Common Gem
If you know where to look, agates aren’t particularly hard to find, and people have been examining them for thousands of years — but yet, they’re one of the only major gemstones scientists can’t synthesize in the lab. Here’s the … Continue reading
Something Is Causing Mysterious Vibrations On Earth Every 26 Seconds
[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about an unsolved mystery of a strange pulsation known as a microseism that comes from a certain part of our planet for unknown reasons. Original … Continue reading
Four scepticisms: what we can know about what we can’t know | Aeon Essays
Bowl (c1898-1910) by George E Ohr. Courtesy the Met Museum, New York The ancient Sceptics used doubt as a way of investigating the world. Later thinkers undermined even that possibility Ask any philosopher what scepticism is, and you will receive … Continue reading
Re-imagining Animal Consciousness | Stephanie Theodorou | TEDxCapeMay
After receiving her PhD from Temple University in philosophy of religion, Stephanie Theodorou focused her attention to the study of consciousness and the role of symbolism in cognition. Her interest in animal consciousness evolved from her research in phenomenological accounts … Continue reading
The hidden world of animal consciousness – with David Peña-Guzmán
Do animals dream? Join David Peña-Guzmán as he explores behavioural and neuroscientific research on animal sleep with philosophical theories of dreaming. Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/LpI7zNHUFRQ David’s latest book ‘When animals dream: the hidden world of animal consciousness’ is available … Continue reading
Delicate Knots, Velvet, and Beads Entwine in Julia Shore’s Mossy Embroideries | Colossal
JANUARY 25, 2023. KATE MOTHES All images © Julia Shore, Dappled with French knots, glinting materials, and pieces of moss, botanical embroideries by Julia Shore replicate the forest floor’s supple textures in fiber and beads. The Los Angeles-based artist also … Continue reading
BBC Radio 4 – In Our Time, Superconductivity
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why some materials lose all electrical resistance. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the discovery made in 1911 by the Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853-1926). He came to call it Superconductivity and it is a … Continue reading
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