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It’s the Matrix, but for locusts.
At the Department of Collective Behaviour, part of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, researchers are putting locusts into simulated worlds, both virtual and physical, in the hope that they can figure out how devastating swarms form and move. … Continue reading
The Vocal Fries: The People’s Tongue on Apple Podcasts
Show The Vocal Fries, Ep The People’s Tongue – Feb 13, 2023 Carrie and Megan talk to Dr Ilan Stavans about his new book, The People’s Tongue: Americans and the English Language.[…] Source: The Vocal Fries: The People’s Tongue on … Continue reading
The sexual deception of orchids – Anne Gaskett
Check out the fascinating ways orchids trick insects into pollinating, using sexual deception, pheromones and mimicking the shapes of other plants. — Nearly 28,000 species of orchid grow all around the world, bearing every imaginable color, shape and pattern. There’s … Continue reading
BBC Radio 4 – BBC Inside Science, Negotiation
Tips and insights into the art of negotiating and the science underpinning it When was the last time you had to use your negotiating skills? Did you walk away satisfied? This week junior doctors are half way through their 4 … Continue reading
The amazing ways plants defend themselves – Valentin Hammoudi
View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-amazin… Plants are constantly under attack. They face threats ranging from microscopic fungi to small herbivores like caterpillars, up to large herbivores like elephants. But plants are ready, with a whole series of internal and external defenses … Continue reading
These animals are also plants … wait, what? – Luka Seamus Wright
xplore the incredible adaptations of Elysia chlorotica, a species of sea slug that can photosynthesize food. — The species of slug known as Elysia chlorotica may not look like much— it resembles a bright green leaf— but it’s one of … Continue reading
Ether/Or — The story of black holes, and how I temporarily lost my mind over an Amazon review
Matthew Mcconaughey went into that black hole in Interstellar and somehow remained all right, all right, all right. New book of depressing poems: https://tinyurl.com/27fdfh63 (you may need to change your region) My other stuff: Books what I wrote yo ► … Continue reading
Is fire a solid, a liquid, or a gas? – Elizabeth Cox
View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/is-fire-a-… Sitting around a campfire, you can feel its heat, smell the woody smoke, and hear it crackle. If you get too close, it burns your eyes and stings your nostrils. You could stare at the bright … Continue reading
Air Travel is FINALLY Changing… Thanks to NASA?
[…] Aviation is a passion of mine, but I can’t help but feel that so little ever changes. Airplanes have more or less, looked the same for decades, and for good reason. Qualifying a new airplane to ensure safety is … Continue reading
