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Gravity Energy Storage : A very uplifting technology!

Gravity energy storage is not actually a new concept. We’ve been doing it with pumped hydro for more than a century. But that’s very expensive to build and needs an awful lot of space. Now though, two new companies have … Continue reading →

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Time Might Not Exist Outside of Our Minds, Propose Scientists

PAUL RATNER 27 September, 201 An employee of the Bodet Company carries a clock on March 26, 2014 at the plant of Trementines, western France. (Photo credit: JEAN-SEBASTIEN EVRARD/AFP/Getty Images) Researchers create a new theory of time that goes against … Continue reading →

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73 Million Trees to Be Planted in World’s Largest Reforestation Initiative

By Jessica Stewart on November 2, 2017 Photo: Jorge Illich-Gejo Conservation International is starting a six-year reforestation project in Brazil to plant 73 million trees in the Amazon Rainforest.   In an increasingly urgent race to combat rising climates and … Continue reading →

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How Sharks Use Electricity To Sense Prey

Sharks are some of the animal kingdom’s most feared hunters, thanks to a special sixth sense. » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com There are two ways that animals use electroreception. They either use their own … Continue reading →

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The Illusion Only Some Can See

Ames window illusion illustrates how we don’t directly perceive external reality. Special Holiday deal! Go to https://NordVPN.com/veritasium and use code VERITASIUM to get 68% off a 2 year plan plus 4 additional months free. It’s risk free with Nord’s 30 … Continue reading →

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The benefits of a bilingual brain

It’s obvious that knowing more than one language can make certain things easier — like traveling or watching movies without subtitles. But are there other advantages to having a bilingual (or multilingual) brain? Mia Nacamulli details the three types of … Continue reading →

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Why the Bubonic Plague Still Exists Today

When you think of the Plague, the Black Death of the 14th century, with its medieval cities overrun with rats and creepy plague masks, probably comes to mind. But the Plague isn’t a disease of the past; it’s still very … Continue reading →

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BBC Radio 3 – The Radio 3 Documentary, Everybody Likes Music Don’t They?

How can a song mean terror for one person and boredom for another? Source: BBC Radio 3 – The Radio 3 Documentary, Everybody Likes Music Don’t They?

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On the Origins of Art I and II

“It doesn’t take a big a big brain to be an artist” states Maria Fernanda Cardoso, former Queen of the Fleas, now working with the most talented, charming — and tiny — Australian jumping spiders of the Maratus family, popularly … Continue reading →

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Is Time Real?

Check out the physics courses that I mentioned (many of which are free!) and support this channel by going to https://brilliant.org/Sabine/ where you can create your Brilliant account. The first 200 will get 20% off the annual premium subscription. Correction: … Continue reading →

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3 bizarre (and delightful) ancient theories about bird migration

In 1822, Count von Bothmer shot down a stork in Germany. However, the bird had already been impaled by a yard-long wooden spear. The stork had been speared in Africa and then flew over 2,500 km. This astonishing flight proved … Continue reading →

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Well Preserved Woolly Rhino Found After Around 34000 Years Frozen In Siberia

The frozen carcass of a juvenile woolly rhinoceros from the Ice Age — with its hazel-coloured coat still intact — has been recovered from the permafrost of Siberia. The remains — which are 80 per cent intact and contain evidence … Continue reading →

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