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Is free will an illusion? | Uri Maoz | Big Think
Is free will an illusion? Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Learn skills from the world’s top minds at Big Think Edge: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- This video was produced in partnership with John Templeton Foundation. The debate over whether … Continue reading
The curious case of northeast Brazil’s cross-breeding sea turtles | Horizon
Sea turtles have been around since dinosaurs roamed the Earth, stretching back about 110 million years. Yet now their existence is at risk, with six of today’s seven species classified as threatened or endangered. While efforts are ongoing to protect … Continue reading
A letter to loved ones about the COVID-19 vaccine – Sir Lenny Henry | NHS
Dear mums and dads, grandparents, aunties, uncles, brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, sons, daughters, cousins. We love you! We know we don’t say it often enough and sometimes we have our disagreements, like families do, but wherever you are, we love … Continue reading
We May Have Been Wrong About the Origin of Life
We’ve had the idea that life began in the oceans since the 1920s, when it was first put forward. This was cemented in our minds in the 1950s by the classic Miller-Urey experiment from which scientists hypothesized that the ocean-atmospheric … Continue reading
20 of the Weirdest Inventions From the Past 20 Years | Mental Floss
From clothing made from milk to selfie toasters, these are the products that had us doing a double take. Ever since Mental Floss debuted in 2001, we’ve been keen on covering some of the biggest, boldest, and best inventions from … Continue reading
This is why we can’t have nice things
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How Humans Became (Mostly) Right-Handed
No other placental mammal that we know of prefers one side of the body so consistently, not even our closest primate relatives. But being right-handed may have deep evolutionary roots in our lineage. And yet, being a leftie does seem … Continue reading
Octopuses, like humans, sleep in two stages
By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega Mar. 25, 2021 , 11:00 AM The trait may have evolved independently twice Do octopuses dream? Scientists haven’t cracked that mystery, but they have come a bit closer. A new study reveals that, like us, … Continue reading
The Coronavirus Variants Don’t Seem to Be Highly Variable So Far | Scientific American
By Vaughn Cooper on March 24, 2021 SARS-CoV-2 may be settling into a limited set of mutations No doubt you’ve heard about the novel coronavirus variants that are evolving around the world. There now appear to be more than a … Continue reading
Corals may need their predators’ excrement: Coral-eating fish excrete symbiotic algae by the millions, may keep reefs healthy
Fish that dine on corals may pay it forward with feces. Marine biologists found high concentrations of living symbiotic algae in the feces of coral predators on reefs in Mo’orea, French Polynesia. Fish that dine on corals may pay it … Continue reading
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