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Pathways in the Urban Wild – Lucy Jones
Photo by Luis Diaz Devesa via Getty Images Lucy Jones reflects on the healing benefits of an attentive relationship with the living world and the complex barriers to that relationship within urban areas. Five petals in the absolute definition of … Continue reading
What Exactly Is White Noise? | Mental Floss
Your favorite ASMR playlist probably isn’t true white noise—or brown noise or pink noise, for that matter. When people mention white noise these days, they might be talking about any continuous noise that blocks out other sounds or just seems … Continue reading
How to be a genius | Aeon
Elizabeth I of England (c1588), Craig Wright is professor emeritus of music at Yale University and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His most recent book is The Hidden Habits of Genius: Beyond Talent, IQ, and … Continue reading
The Crazy Science Behind Insect Plagues | Answers With Joe
Plagues of locusts have been a pestilence since biblical times. But swarm behavior is a fascinating survival tool that many species engage in, and as scientists are learning, they have a lot to teach us about intelligence.
Why You Wouldn’t Exist Without Viruses
Credits: Writer/Narrator: Stephanie Sammann Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (https://www.youtube.com/c/realenginee…) Imagery courtesy of Getty Images [1] https://www.khanacademy.org/science/h… [2] https://jvi.asm.org/content/89/3/1537 [3] https://www.nature.com/articles/nrmic… [4] … Continue reading
Atomic Clocks Are Reinventing Time
Though humans don’t experience it in their daily lives, gravity and movement can change how time elapses. Ultra-precise atomic clocks are now able to measure these tiny changes, known as time dilation. It’s a technological advance that could revolutionize our … Continue reading
Cygnus X-1’s Stellar-Mass Black Hole is More Massive than Astronomers Thought | Sci News
A black hole in the Cygnus X-1 binary system is so massive that it challenges current stellar evolution models. Discovered in 1964, Cygnus X-1 is an X-ray binary system located in the constellation Cygnus. The primary star, HD 226868, is … Continue reading
The myth of ‘good Covid vaccines’ and ‘bad Covid vaccines’ | Stat
By Helen Branswel Experts fear false narratives about vaccines could slow down the task of inoculating people and create other problems in the future. Like Ryan, the World Health Organization’s health emergencies director, had a conversation recently with his mother, … Continue reading
Gravitational Wave Background Discovered?
It was pretty impressive when LIGO detected gravitational waves from colliding black holes. Well we’ve just taken that to the next level with a galaxy-spanning gravitational wave detector that may have detected a foundational element of space itself – the … Continue reading
World’s oldest industrial-scale brewery: 3000 BC – ScienceBlog.com
A team of American and Egyptian archaeologists excavating at the site of Abydos in southern Egypt has uncovered evidence of the world’s oldest known industrial-scale beer production facility. The ancient complex, more than 5,000 years old, had the capacity to produce enough … Continue reading
