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Find the building blocks of nature within a single, humble snowflake | Aeon Videos
Each snowflake’s unique symmetry is a beautiful illustration of the natural laws that govern all things great and small In this brief yet expansive science lesson, the UK physicist and science educator Brian Cox explores how ‘each snowflake is a … Continue reading
Penrose Unilluminable Room Is Impossible To Light
[…] Penrose Unilluminable Room is a room with mirrored walls that can’t be fully illuminated by a single point source of light. I thought I was the first person to build one but Action Lab beat me to it: • … Continue reading
Darwin Missed An Example of Evolution Right Under His Nose
Kallie’s book “Tales of the Prehistoric World”: https://bookshop.org/p/books/tales-of… The 2023 Eons calendar: https://www.complexlycalendars.com/pr… Charles Darwin encountered a tiny fox-like creature during his famous voyage but instead of discovering its fascinating evolutionary story, he just knocked it on the head with … Continue reading
Beans And Bees Gave Us Butterflies
Check out Insectarium on @pbsterra: • What Makes Dragonflies So Extraordinary The Eons Calendar: https://store.dftba.com/collections/eons Turns out, instead of having bats to thank for the existence of butterflies, the groups we should actually be thanking are…bees and beans. […]
Why the Sun Moves in Figure 8s Across the Sky
How long is a day? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice break down what an analemma is, the solstices, and why Christmas is in December. Does the sundial– that we’re all definitely still using– get noon wrong? Learn what an … Continue reading
The dawn of everything – a new science of human history with David Wengrow
Science & Cocktails is proud to present an evening with archeology superstar David Wengrow, acclaimed writer of the book “The Dawn of Everything” on the history of inequality with the anthropologist David Graeber. David Wengrow will take you deep into … Continue reading
Bohr Model: A Delightful History [CC]
How did 27-yr-old Niels Bohr make a model of the atom that was so audacious even Einstein admitted it he did not dare publish them? This is a story of dorky physics jokes, a truly supportive marriage, a useful conversation … Continue reading
Biology’s most controversial photograph
The three papers: https://www.mskcc.org/teaser/1953-nat… A good book on this topic is Unravelling the Double Helix by Gareth Williams: https://amzn.to/4aCpXhA (Amazon associates link) Editing by Noor Hanania. […]
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