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Visualization of How Fast a Ball Drops on Various Solar System Bodies | Kottke

Posted on July 16, 2021 by agogo22

This is an animation of how quickly an object falls 1 km to the surfaces of solar system objects like the Earth, Sun, Ceres, Jupiter, the Moon, and Pluto. For instance, it takes 14.3 seconds to cover that distance on … Continue reading →

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Could You Ever Be Immune To Every Germ? Your Immune System, Explained

Posted on July 16, 2021 by agogo22

[…] 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 →

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Truth vs Reality: How we evolved to survive, not to see what’s really there | Donald Hoffman

Posted on July 15, 2021 by agogo22

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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The Plate Tectonics Revolution: Crash Course Geography #19

Posted on July 14, 2021 by agogo22

Today we’re going to tell the story of a quiet revolution in the 1960s that shifted our entire understanding of how the Earth works. We currently believe that the Earth’s broken outer shell rises from the mantle and folds back … Continue reading →

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streetrepeat | Theme: Birdy Airlines

Posted on July 14, 2021 by agogo22
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Herons of Amsterdam: A Photo Series Reveals the Unusually Large Population Living in the Dutch Capital

Posted on July 14, 2021 by agogo22

JULY 13, 2021 GRACE EBERT Spending timing in any major city is likely to bring run-ins with urban wildlife like rodents and pigeons, but in Amsterdam, there’s one long-legged species stalking the streets in unusually large numbers. In her ongoing series … Continue reading →

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A Washing Machine Full of Bees | The Kid Should See This

Posted on July 12, 2021 by agogo22

This washing machine had been repurposed and was being used as a compost bin…until bees decided to move in and build a hive there! The homeowner had lifted the lid open a few days before and was stung, so I … Continue reading →

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This is what it feels like to be a dog

Posted on July 12, 2021 by agogo22
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A Scientist Explains My Eye Disease! ft. It’s Okay To Be Smart

Posted on July 12, 2021 by agogo22

Watch the video we did on Echolocation! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08smC… Talking to my Eye Specialist about my Vision Loss: https://youtu.be/37yuL5NItCI Special thanks to: Dr. Bryan Jones Dr. Lauren Ayton Slater Ben Shaberman & The Foundation Fighting Blindness Foundation fighting blindness is … Continue reading →

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Giant Eagle Rays Launching Themselves into the Air 🌊 Epic Animal Migrations | Smithsonian Channel

Posted on July 12, 2021 by agogo22

While spring is feeding time for the ocean dwellers off the western coast of Mexico, it’s also mating time for the giant eagle rays. Their eye-catching leaps out of the water serve as a way to get noticed. From Epic … Continue reading →

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