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Plants that repel mosquitoes

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Magnetic Vibrations | The Kid Should See This

Observe the invisible as super strong neodymium magnets push, pull, and vibrate in these experimental setups. The demonstrations are a video collaboration by Magnet Tricksand Magnetic Games. Source: Magnetic Vibrations | The Kid Should See This

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Meet Victoria boliviana | Kew Gardens

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Scientists Sequence the DNA of a Man From the Pompeii Eruption | My Modern Met

By Jessica Stewart on July 2, 2022 https://mymodernmet.com/pompeii-dna/ Over 2,000 people perished when Mount Vesuvius erupted in Pompeii in 79 CE. Now, for the first time, researchers have been able to fully sequence the DNA of one victim. In 79 … Continue reading

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How reindeer eyes transform in winter to give them twilight vision | The Conversation

Shutterstock There’s more to reindeer than meets the eye. Reindeer are loved the world over for their dark, expressive eyes, majestic antlers and magical association with Santa Claus. The moment you learn the cold, hard truth of how Christmas presents … Continue reading

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How Covid is Helping Us Study Lightning

The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t just affected us. It’s also affected the weather. And this turns out to be a lucky natural experiment to help us understand how […]much we influence the world around us. Hosted by: Hank Green […]

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BREAKING: New Phase of Matter

What are time crystals? How do scientists make one on a quantum computer. […]

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Astrophotographer Captures the Andromeda Galaxy From Backyard | My Modern Met

By Jessica Stewart on June 11, 2022 Here’s what photographer Brennan Gilmore saw from his backyard in Charlottesville, Virginia. In the summer of 2020, the world was enthralled with the Comet Neowise, which only makes an appearance every 6,800 years. … Continue reading

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What is the rarest color in nature? – Victoria Hwang

Discover what colors are the most rare to see in nature, and how physics and evolution drive their scarcity. — Plants, animals, or minerals found in nature bear almost every color imaginable. There are two factors that influence what hues … Continue reading

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What do the dreams of nonhuman animals say about their lives? | Aeon Essays

Photo by Diane Seddon/Getty The psychic lives of nonhuman dreamers reveal colours, harmonies and beauties of which we had little inkling until now   Due to a case of partial blindness, the French painter Henri Matisse began experimenting with a … Continue reading

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