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The elegant physics experiment to decode the nature of reality | Aeon Essays
Photo by Andrea Buso/Gallery Stock How a sunbeam split in two became physics’ most elegant experiment, shedding light on the underlying nature of reality Imagine throwing a baseball and not being able to tell exactly where it’ll go, despite … Continue reading
5 Times Evolution Should Have Planned Ahead
Natural selection can lead to some pretty amazing adaptations, but sometimes the resulting traits aren’t the most efficient solutions to the problems at hand. With the bar set to “good enough,” here are some features that arose from evolution which … Continue reading
Gene editing: should you be worried? | The Economist
From combating climate change, to curing disease, to creating designer babies, gene-editing technologies have the potential to transform lives. What risks do they pose? 00:00 – Gene editing: risk v reward 01:06 – Cavendish bananas are under threat 03:47 – … Continue reading
The rotten core of the new IPCC report
The IPCC have finally released the Working Group 3 report, detailing how we can combat climate change. Unfortunately there is a rotten core to it… – Read the IPCC WG3 report: https://report.ipcc.ch/ar6wg3/pdf/IPC… – Miriam and Adam’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1d_-… – Drawdown: … Continue reading
How Do We Read? It’s Magic (Almost)
[…] Reading. You’re doing it right now. I bet you don’t even have to think about it. But have you ever wondered what’s happening in your brain to turn all these weird symbols into meaning? This video will teach you … Continue reading
5 Ancient Structures with Amazing Acoustics
Many ancient sites had some truly amazing effects on sound waves, suggesting that early cultures may have built spaces to evoke certain sensation. And by studying the acoustics of these structures, we can learn new things about the experiences people … Continue reading
Spiders Don’t Have Ears, But They Can Boost Their ‘Hearing’ Through Giant Webs | Science Alert
DAVID NIELD 2 APRIL 2022 Steve Satushek/The Image Bank/Getty Images Cool. Spider webs are essential for capturing food – but they might also be used as giant hearing aidsfor the arachnids that spin them, according to new research. Spiders don’t … Continue reading
Why Going Faster-Than-Light Leads to Time Paradoxes
Is faster-than-light (FTL) travel possible? In most discussions of this, we get hung up on the physics of particular ideas, such as wormholes or warp drives. But today, we take a more zoomed out approach that addresses all FTL propulsion … Continue reading
99 Years Later… We Solved It
How do these rocks move on their own in the desert? […]
