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Dendrites: Why Biological Neurons Are Deep Neural Networks

Posted on February 12, 2023 by agogo22

[…] My name is Artem, I’m a computational neuroscience student and researcher. In this video we will see why individual neurons essentially function like deep convolutional neural networks, equipped with insane information processing capabilities as well as some of the … Continue reading →

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Quantum Gravity theory with professor Erik Verlinde

Posted on February 12, 2023 by agogo22

Gravity theory with professor Erik Verlinde Credit @Erik Verlinde

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Joe Got Corrected For Correcting Neil deGrasse Tyson

Posted on February 7, 2023 by agogo22
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Explore Hundreds of Exquisite Botanical Collages Created by an 18th-Century Septuagenarian Artist | Colossal

Posted on February 6, 2023 by agogo22

FEBRUARY 5, 2023. GRACE EBERT All images via The British Museum Known for her scientific precision, artist Mary Delany labeled all 985 of her collages that recreate plants and flowers. At age 72, Mary Delany (1700-1788) devoted herself to her … Continue reading →

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I Misunderstood the Greenhouse Effect. Here’s How It Works.

Posted on February 5, 2023 by agogo22

How does the greenhouse effect work? Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, prevent infrared radiation from escaping to outer space. This warms the surface of earth. More greenhouse gas means more warming. Simple enough! Alas, if you look … Continue reading →

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The Agate Mystery: Why We Can’t Synthesize This Common Gem

Posted on February 3, 2023 by agogo22

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 →

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Everything – Yes, Everything – is a SPRING! (Pretty much)

Posted on February 3, 2023 by agogo22

[…] Science Asylum video on Schrodinger Equation: JOIN our PATREON (Members help pay for the animations. THANK YOU so much!): https://www.patreon.com/arvinash RECOMMENDED READING: Schwartz, “Quantum Field Theory and the Standard model” https://amzn.to/3HmWdYt CHAPTERS: 0:00 The most important motion in the … Continue reading →

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How Rutherford Found the Age of the Earth with Alexis Dahl : A Bit of Historical Context

Posted on February 3, 2023 by agogo22

Alexis Dahl is a science communicator on a quest to understand and marvel at the world outside her door. Kathy will delve into the intersection of geology, theology, physics, and radioactivity in this fascinating story of how we learned how … Continue reading →

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A Famed Dolphin-Human Fishing Partnership Is in Danger of Disappearing | Scientific Anerican

Posted on February 3, 2023 by agogo22

Credit: Lars Mik Photography/500px/Getty Images A call for help sounds to ensure survival of a 140-year-old fishing partnership pairing cetaceans and humans   People in Laguna proudly refer to their southern Brazilian city as the “national capital of fish-herding dolphins.” For … Continue reading →

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Nothing

Posted on February 2, 2023 by agogo22

In this StarTalk video, we’re talking about nothing. Not in the Seinfeldian sense, but in the science sense. What is nothing? Neil explains how our usual definition of something being “nothing” is dictated by our senses. What if you wanted … Continue reading →

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