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Why is glass transparent? – Mark Miodownik
If you look through your glasses, binoculars or a window, you see the world on the other side. How is it that something so solid can be so invisible? Mark Miodownik melts the scientific secret behind amorphous solids.
Odyssey of the Ear
Go on an epic journey with a trio of musicians into the depths of the human auditory system. A wild tale filled with beasts and storms and strange faceless dancing humans armed with larger-than-life ossicles. Produced for thefundamentalsofneuroscience.org Animation by … Continue reading
Think Living Spaceships Are Science Fiction? Think Again
Top space agencies and researchers are turning to biology to create spacecraft that adapt like living creatures to survive future missions. By Tom Cassauwers THE DAILY DOSEJAN 07 2019 Going interstellar is hard. The closest stars to the sun … Continue reading
What Time Feels Like When You’re Improvising – The neurology of flow states.
This article is part of Nautilus’ month-long exploration of the science and art of time. Read the introduction here: BY HEATHER BERLIN JUNE 7, 2018 Don’t look at the clock! Now tell me: How much time has passed since you … Continue reading
How aspirin was discovered – Krishna Sudhir
4000 years ago, the ancient Sumerians made a surprising discovery: if they scraped the bark off a particular kind of tree and ate it, their pain disappeared. Little did they know that what they’d found was destined to influence the … Continue reading
The benefits of a bilingual brain – Mia Nacamulli
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
The immortal cells of Henrietta Lacks – Robin Bulleri
Imagine something small enough to float on a particle of dust that holds the keys to understanding cancer, virology, and genetics. Luckily for us, such a thing exists in the form of trillions upon trillions of human, lab-grown cells called … Continue reading
Can we eat to starve cancer? – William Li
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-we-eat-… William Li presents a new way to think about treating cancer and other diseases: anti-angiogenesis, preventing the growth of blood vessels that feed a tumor. The crucial first (and best) step: Eating cancer-fighting foods that cut … Continue reading
What Einstein meant by ‘God does not play dice’- Aeon
‘The theory produces a good deal but hardly brings us closer to the secret of the Old One,’ wrote Albert Einstein in December 1926. ‘I am at all events convinced that He does not play dice.’ Einstein was responding to … Continue reading
