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How humans disrupted a cycle essential to all life

Posted on January 12, 2019 by agogo22

Carbon cycles through earth at a steady pace. Plants and microorganisms absorb carbon, which helps them grow. Animals and bacteria eat the plants, breathe out carbon into the atmosphere, and take some carbon underground when they die. And a similar … Continue reading →

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Plant-based diets benefit athletes’ heart health, endurance, recovery – ScienceBlog.com

Posted on January 11, 2019 by agogo22

Meat-free athletes–from tennis champion Venus Williams to Formula 1’s Lewis Hamilton to Derrick Morgan of the NFL’s Tennessee Titans–have already proven the performance-boosting power of a plant-based diet. Now, “Plant-Based Diets for Cardiovascular Safety and Performance in Endurance Sports,” a … Continue reading →

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Our universe has antimatter partner on the other side of the Big Bang, say physicists – Physics World

Posted on January 9, 2019 by agogo22

Our universe could be the mirror image of an antimatter universe extending backwards in time before the Big Bang. So claim physicists in Canada, who have devised a new cosmological model positing the existence of an “antiuniverse” which, paired to our own, … Continue reading →

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Empty Space is NOT Empty

Posted on January 8, 2019 by agogo22

An atom is mostly empty space, but empty space is mostly not empty. The reason it looks empty is because electrons and photons don’t interact with the stuff that is there, quark and gluon field fluctuations. It actually takes energy … Continue reading →

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Why Is The Speed Of Light The Speed Of Light? | Answers With Joe

Posted on January 8, 2019 by agogo22

You may be familiar with the speed of light, but the reason it exists and how we discovered it is pretty fascinating.[…]

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Why is glass transparent? – Mark Miodownik

Posted on January 8, 2019 by agogo22

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.

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Odyssey of the Ear

Posted on January 7, 2019 by agogo22

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 →

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Think Living Spaceships Are Science Fiction? Think Again

Posted on January 7, 2019 by agogo22

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 →

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Are the Bees Okay Now?

Posted on January 7, 2019 by agogo22
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What Time Feels Like When You’re Improvising – The neurology of flow states.

Posted on January 3, 2019 by agogo22

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 →

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