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Scientists Just Created a Potential Cure For Diabetes – Breakthrough Explained

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BBC Radio 4 – Just One Thing – with Michael Mosley, Embrace the Rain

Why striding out for a walk after rainfall could improve your mood and immune system! Get that brolly out! It may feel deeply counter-intuitive – but rainy days could offer a host of health and mood-lifting benefits. Rain improves air … Continue reading

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Two Heads, One Body: Anatomy of Conjoined Twins

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Kleber Victor (@kleber-victor.bsky.social) | How different shaped lenses bend light.

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Harvard Professor Answers Happiness Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED

Harvard professor and “How to Build a Life” columnist Arthur C. Brooks answers the internet’s burning questions about “happiness.” Does anyone else feel depression after completing a goal? Can social media cause depression? Do we get happier as we age? … Continue reading

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Creating an Exotic Material With A Permanent Static Charge (Electret)

Electrets are incredible and so is Factor. Use code 50PLASMA to get 50% OFF plus free shipping on your first Factor box at https://bit.ly/4eHXfxx Magnets are not the only objects which can hold a permanent energy field – in fact, … Continue reading

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Reindeer eyes change colour depending on the season. Researchers have discovered that the eyes of Arctic reindeer change from gold in summer to blue in winter, which helps them adapt to the extreme lighting changes in their environment.

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Pirahã: The Tribe That Defies Language Rules | SLICE SCIENCE | FULL DOC

In a remote region of the Amazon live the last 300 members of the Pirahã tribe. They have one of the strangest languages in the world: they have no words for colours and numbers, no concern for the past nor … Continue reading

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Astrology crashes the science party

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The Hidden Engineering of Wildlife Crossings

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