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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 | Proving that the centre of the Milky Way is a BLACK HOLE!

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2020 was awarded to Sir Roger Penrose, Prof. Reinhard Genzel and Prof. Andrea Ghez for their contribution to our understanding of black holes! That’s right, your favourite, MY favourite – BLACK HOLES! They won … Continue reading →

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Explaining Saturn’s Hexagonal Polar Vortex | Space is Weird

There is a weird hexagon-shaped storm at Saturn’s north pole. Discovered back in 1981 in Voyager images, it’s been raging ever since then, but only recently have we been able to explain its shape and recreate the same process in … Continue reading →

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New Research Finds Herd Immunity to COVID-19 Is an Impractical Strategy

Pejman Rohani sought to determine if and how countries could achieve herd immunity without overburdening the health care system, and to define the control efforts that would be required to do so. Credit: Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA Results provide insight for … Continue reading →

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Hummingbirds See Spectacular Colors Humans Can Only Imagine – Comparatively, We’re Color-Blind

While humans have three color cones in the retina sensitive to red, green and blue light, birds have a fourth color cone that can detect ultraviolet light. A research team led by Princeton’s Mary Caswell Stoddard trained wild hummingbirds, like … Continue reading →

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Love the Fig

By Ben Crair There are more than seven hundred species of fig, and each one has its own species of wasp. When you eat a dried fig, you’re probably chewing wasp mummies, too.Illustration by Rui Tenreiro   Although many people … Continue reading →

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A remarkable echo effect discovered

If the spins of phosphorus atoms in silicon are cleverly excited with microwave pulses, a so-called spin echo signal can be detected after a certain time. Surprisingly, this spin echo does not occur only once, but a whole series of … Continue reading →

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Great Transitions: The Origin of Humans — HHMI BioInteractive Video

Which traits distinguish humans from other primates? When and where did these traits evolve? Discover the latest findings on hominid evolution in this classroom-ready biology video. Paleontologists have studied the fossil record of human evolution just like they have done … Continue reading →

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Could Life Evolve Inside Stars?

Take the PBS Digital Studios annual survey: http://to.pbs.org/2020survey One of the most bizarre proposals for life not as we know it doesn’t even use atoms. It proposes that fundamental kinks and defects in the fabric of the universe – cosmic … Continue reading →

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Rice has arsenic in it — don’t freak out, here’s the science

Thanks to Bombfell for sponsoring this video! Get $25 off your first order: http://bombfell.com/ragusea Thanks to Dr. Andrew Meharg at Queen’s College Belfast: https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Schoolo… 2016 FDA risk assessment on arsenic in rice: https://www.fda.gov/files/food/publis… 2015 EU regulations limiting arsenic in foods: … Continue reading →

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The Quantum Theory That Might Make You Immortal | Answers With Joe

Quantum physics is dominated by the idea that quantum objects remain in superposition until thy are measured, which causes its wave function to collapse. But there is another interpretation of quantum mechanics, one with mind-blowing implications about the universe and … Continue reading →

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