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How Chilis Got Spicy (and Why We Love the Burn)

Posted on June 16, 2023 by agogo22

[…] Today, chilis are the most widely cultivated spice crop in the world – grown everywhere from their native home in the Americas to Europe, Africa, and Asia. But how and why did chilis evolve this weird, fiery trick in … Continue reading →

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‘That just died’: Paleoanthropologist debunks myth about humans

Posted on June 11, 2023 by agogo22

Paleoanthropologist Dr. Lee Berger and his team of “underground astronauts” have uncovered evidence that members of a mysterious archaic human species buried their dead and carved symbols on cave walls long before the earliest evidence of burials by modern humans. … Continue reading →

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Cephalopods Have a Totally Wild Way of Adapting

Posted on June 8, 2023 by agogo22

With their squishy bodies and color-changing abilities, octopuses and other cephalopods already look like our planet’s resident aliens. But researchers have discovered yet another thing that separates them from most other animals on Earth! Hosted by: Hank Green […]

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Look at how cute this little squid is!!! 🦑🦑

Posted on June 8, 2023 by agogo22
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Can a New Law of Physics Explain a Black Hole Paradox?

Posted on June 7, 2023 by agogo22

When the theoretical physicist Leonard Susskind encountered a head-scratching paradox about black holes, he turned to an unexpected place: computer science. In nature, most self-contained systems eventually reach thermodynamic equilibrium … but not black holes. The interior volume of a … Continue reading →

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The Sun Is Green

Posted on June 6, 2023 by agogo22

[…] The Sun is green, actually. We’ll go into why the blackbody effect means the Sun emits more green visible light than any other color, and why evolution and color perception mean it’s ok to see it as yellow, anyway. … Continue reading →

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Why are the monkeys descending from the trees? | EL PAÍS

Posted on June 6, 2023 by agogo22

MIGUEL ÁNGEL CRIADO OCT 25, 2022 – 12:42 GMT+ 40 years ago muriquis spent just 0.05% of their time on the ground, a percentage that has increased twentyfold in a quarter of a century. MARLON LIMA / PROJETO MURIQUI DE … Continue reading →

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Shimmering Glass Plates Make You Feel Like You’re Eating Off Water Droplets | Spoon & Tamago

Posted on June 5, 2023 by agogo22

JUNE 1, 2023 / JOHNNY It’s said that shutter speeds of around 1/1000th of a second are necessary to really capture the detail of moving water in photography. So you can imagine the technical challenge of accurately capturing water as … Continue reading →

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An Unlikely Mutualism: Hoppers & Stingless Bees!

Posted on June 4, 2023 by agogo22

  Dragged this out of the drafts on my computer. Hope you enjoy this footage of a really cool symbiotic relationship we found! […]

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Songbugs  – The stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds | Twenty Thousand Hertz

Posted on June 3, 2023 by agogo22

Art by Jon McCormack. This episode was written and produced by Leila Battison. Why do bugs make the sounds they do? And how do they make them? In this episode, we explore the un-bee-lievable world of insect sounds, including crickets … Continue reading →

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