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What If You Could See Every Wavelength Of The Electromagnetic Spectrum? | Answers With Joe

Visible light is only a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum, but some people see more of it than others. Let’s take a look at why.

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Why are some people left-handed?

Today, about one-tenth of the world’s population are southpaws. Why are such a small proportion of people left-handed — and why does the trait exist in the first place? Daniel M. Abrams investigates how the uneven ratio of lefties and … Continue reading

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Mary’s Room: A philosophical thought experiment

Imagine a neuroscientist who has only ever seen black and white things, but she is an expert in color vision and knows everything about its physics and biology. If, one day, she sees color, does she learn anything new? Is … Continue reading

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Andy Clark – Virtual Immortality

Closer To Truth Published on 2 Jan 2019 Virtual immortality is the theory that when the fullness of our mental selves can be uploaded with first-person perfection to non-biological media, then when our mortal bodies die our mental selves will … Continue reading

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How do pain relievers work?

Some people take aspirin or ibuprofen to treat everyday aches and pains but how exactly do the different classes of pain relievers work? Learn about the basic physiology of how humans experience pain and the mechanics of the medicines we’ve … Continue reading

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For first time, astronomers catch asteroid in the act of changing color – ScienceBlog.com

Last December, scientists discovered an “active” asteroid within the asteroid belt, sandwiched between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The space rock, designated by astronomers as 6478 Gault, appeared to be leaving two trails of dust in its wake — … Continue reading

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Water harvester makes it easy to quench your thirst in the desert – ScienceBlog.com

With water scarcity a growing problem worldwide, University of California, Berkeley, researchers are close to producing a microwave-sized water harvester that will allow you to pull all the water you need directly from the air — even in the hot, dry … Continue reading

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Why do we sleep? | Russell Foster

TED Published on 14 Aug 2013 Russell Foster is a circadian neuroscientist: He studies the sleep cycles of the brain. And he asks: What do we know about sleep? Not a lot, it turns out, for something we do with … Continue reading

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Amazon wildfires: Brazil’s president sends in army as thousands protest

Jair Bolsonaro is deploying the army to help fight the fires, but some – including world leaders – say he is not doing enough.   Brazil’s president has insisted that he is taking a tough approach to tackling the Amazon … Continue reading

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In defence of disorder – Aeon

The Buddhist monks from Namgyal monastery in India engage in a ritual that involves the creation of intricate patterns of coloured sand, known as mandalas. As large as three metres across, each mandala requires a couple of weeks of painstaking … Continue reading

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