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What If You Could See Every Wavelength Of The Electromagnetic Spectrum? | Answers With Joe

Visible light is only a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum, but some people see more of it than others. Let’s take a look at why.

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Improvisation in music: Jason Rebello at TEDxBradffordonAvon

A description of the process and background of improvisation in music. Jason Rebello – Jazz musician, session musician, teacher, worked with Wayne Shorter, Sting, Jeff Beck, Peter Gabriel.

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For Forest: An Installation by Klaus Littmann

This monumental installation by Swiss curator Klaus Littmann transforms the Wörthersee Stadium in Klagenfurt, Austria into a native central European forest from September 8–October 27. The project “seeks to become a memorial, reminding us that nature, which we so often … Continue reading

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Why are some people left-handed?

Today, about one-tenth of the world’s population are southpaws. Why are such a small proportion of people left-handed — and why does the trait exist in the first place? Daniel M. Abrams investigates how the uneven ratio of lefties and … Continue reading

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Mary’s Room: A philosophical thought experiment

Imagine a neuroscientist who has only ever seen black and white things, but she is an expert in color vision and knows everything about its physics and biology. If, one day, she sees color, does she learn anything new? Is … Continue reading

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Special report: The Amazon rainforest ablaze

As the world watches fires ravage the Amazon, Sky News speaks to indigenous people living within the world’s most important rainforest.

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Andy Clark – Virtual Immortality

Closer To Truth Published on 2 Jan 2019 Virtual immortality is the theory that when the fullness of our mental selves can be uploaded with first-person perfection to non-biological media, then when our mortal bodies die our mental selves will … Continue reading

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How do pain relievers work?

Some people take aspirin or ibuprofen to treat everyday aches and pains but how exactly do the different classes of pain relievers work? Learn about the basic physiology of how humans experience pain and the mechanics of the medicines we’ve … Continue reading

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For first time, astronomers catch asteroid in the act of changing color – ScienceBlog.com

Last December, scientists discovered an “active” asteroid within the asteroid belt, sandwiched between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The space rock, designated by astronomers as 6478 Gault, appeared to be leaving two trails of dust in its wake — … Continue reading

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Speech Pathologist Sits Next To Autistic Boy For 8 Hours During Flight, Is Able To Make Incredible Progress On Communication

Sometimes everything just falls into place. Life works in mysterious ways. But sometimes everything just falls into place. When speech-language pathologist (SLP) Rachel Romeo was returning from a conference on a long international flight, there was a father and son … Continue reading

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