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What the sugar coating on your cells is trying to tell you | Carolyn Bertozzi
TED Published on 10 Sep 2017 Your cells are coated with sugars that store information and speak a secret language. What are they trying to tell us? Your blood type, for one — and, potentially, that you have cancer. Chemical … Continue reading
How quantum mechanics explains global warming – Lieven Scheire
You’ve probably heard that carbon dioxide is warming the Earth. But how exactly is it doing it? Lieven Scheire uses a rainbow, a light bulb and a bit of quantum physics to describe the science behind global warming.
It’s Taken 10,000 Years For Pigs To Become Pigs – ScienceBlog.com
Call it a case of Jurassic Pork. It seems the common pig took a rather strange route to become the pig it is today, according to a team of international researchers that include a Texas A&M University genome expert. The team … Continue reading
A heat shield just 10 atoms thick to protect electronic devices – ScienceBlog.com
Excess heat given off by smartphones, laptops and other electronic devices can be annoying, but beyond that it contributes to malfunctions and, in extreme cases, can even cause lithium batteries to explode. To guard against such ills, engineers often insert glass, … Continue reading
Fart free: Why good digestion is essential | Rachel van der Gugten | TEDxTauranga
We all do it, but do we all know that flatulence is actually a warning sign of what’s going on in our bellies? Rachael’s research is joining others in showing that a diet too heavily reliant on carbohydrates causes an … Continue reading
How Blind People See With Sound… feat. Molly Burke!
It’s Okay To Be Smart Published on 10 Aug 2019 Come see me on Molly’s channel! https://youtu.be/MOmRQb7h5lw SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ I met Molly Burke a few … Continue reading
Crystal Hearts and Translucent Tongues Shaped Into Sculptural Works by Debra Baxter
Santa Fe-based sculptor and jewelry designer Debra Baxter combines glass, bronze, crystal, wood, and found objects to create ghostly sculptures of human forms. In one piece titled “Cross My Heart” (2019), a purple heart sits on top of a rough … Continue reading
Skywatching Spider Photobombs Perseid Meteor Shower
How do you spot a “shooting star”? Well, you don’t look for eight legs; that’s for sure. But a NASA camera designed to photograph meteors spotted more than it bargained for during the Perseid meteor shower, when a curious spider … Continue reading
Coming to a farm near you: The humble microbe boosting Europe’s food industry
By: Alex Whiting Farmers who want to produce bigger chickens, fewer greenhouse gas-filled cow burps or healthier animals are increasingly able to turn to one tiny source: microbes. The microbes… Source: Coming to a farm near you: The humble microbe … Continue reading
World Breastfeeding Week
SABC Digital News Published on 5 Aug 2014 The 1st until the 7th of August is World Breastfeeding week! This year’s theme is breastfeeding: A winning Goal -For Life. It asserts the importance of increasing and sustaining the protection, promotion … Continue reading
Vorticity 2 (4K)
Two years in the making. I made the tough decision last year to save everything I shot that spring and combine it with whatever storms I captured in 2019 and make the best possible time-lapse film I could. It was … Continue reading
Bats use leaves as mirrors to find prey in the dark – ScienceBlog.com
On moonless nights in a tropical forest, bats slice through the inky darkness, snatching up insects resting silently on leaves–a seemingly impossible feat. New experiments at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) show that by changing their approach angle, the echolocating … Continue reading
