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Do Fish Get Thirsty?
In the video today, we’re looking at whether fish get thirsty or not as well as what that has to do with whether a fish is a salt water fish or fresh water and how some fish are able to … Continue reading
BLOOMS: Strobe Animated Sculptures Invented by John Edmark
Blooms are 3-D printed sculptures designed to animate when spun under a strobe light. Unlike a 3D zoetrope, which animates a sequence of small changes to objects, a bloom animates as a single self-contained sculpture. The bloom’s animation effect is … Continue reading
Vultures: The acid-puking, plague-busting heroes of the ecosystem – Kenny Coogan
Explore the essential role vultures play in cleaning our ecosystems and why their conservation is key to a healthy planet. — In the African grasslands, a gazelle suffering from tuberculosis takes its last breath. The animal’s corpse threatens to infect … Continue reading
Gut communicates with the entire brain through cross-talking neurons – ScienceBlog.com
You know that feeling in your gut? We think of it as an innate intuition that sparks deep in the belly and helps guide our actions, if we let it. It’s also a metaphor for what scientists call the “gut-brain axis,” … Continue reading
Astronomers spot ‘missing link’ black hole – not too big and not too small
A star being torn apart by an intermediate-mass black hole, surrounded by an accretion disc is seen in an artist’s impression obtained by Reuters April 2, 2020. This thin, rotating disc of material consists of the leftovers of a star … Continue reading
HOW LIGHTNING WORKS – Weird World of Lightning
How does lightning form? Does it strike up or down? Over the decades I’ve seen lightning do some freaky stuff. In this visually stunning video we’re going to explore and explain the weird world of lightning.
These 8 Unique Creatures Are As Rare As They Are Fascinating
Great Big Reel 147: New to our channel, or don’t have time to look through our back catalog? This video is part of a series of Great Big Reels we’ve put together for a blast through our world. In this … Continue reading
8 of the Cutest — and Rarest — Creatures on the Planet
Great Big Reel 132: New to our channel, or don’t have time to look through our back catalog? This video is part of a series of Great Big Reels we’ve put together for a blast through our world. In this … Continue reading
Tens of thousands of scientists are redeploying to fight coronavirus
Michelle Cipicchio (right) trains two lab technicians at the Broad Institute to extract viral RNA from patient samples.Credit: Scott Sassone/Broad Institute As labs shut down around the world, researchers are finding creative ways to donate their time, supplies and … Continue reading
It’s hard to fool a nose
Ann-Sophie Barwich is a cognitive scientist, empirical philosopher and historian of science, technology and the senses. She is assistant professor at Indiana University, Bloomington in the departments of history, philosophy of science and cognitive science. Her book Smellosophy: What the … Continue reading
