The sun starts our days with natural light and we finish our days with manmade light. Here are a bunch of light fun facts. Light sources can be natural or manmade. The speed of light is exactly 299 792 km per second (when in a vacuum and not obstructed by the atmosphere. Optics is the …
We know them as puppies, kitties, and bunnies. Biologists and some other kinds of nerds know them as Canis lupus familiaris, Felis catus, and Oryctolagus cuniculus. The scientific naming system, or binomial nomenclature, helps researchers classify and organize different species. Developed by Carl Linnaeus in the 18th century, the system assigns each species a two-part …
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There are a lot of strange sounds in this world and only some of us can hear them. Is it you? Sounds on the Moon Obviously you’d have to be on the moon to have heard the music but did you think they were hearing music up there? Astronauts on the Apollo 10 mission got …
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We all have stuff we should work through but did you know there’s a whole world of therapy outside of talk therapy? These weird therapy practices may be perfect for you! Scream Therapy If you’ve never heard of this, do you want to try it? Scream as long and as hard as you can, and …
Have you ever done a really good job at something but you’re not exactly sure how? Maybe you aced a big exam even though you’re fairly sure your answers were complete BS. A group of astrobiologists are currently probably experiencing something similar. The researchers developed a novel algorithm powered by artificial intelligence to help them …
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It seems more people than ever struggle with mental health issues, but that’s probably because we’re only now starting to figure them out. In any case, many of us need a bit of help dealing with our own heads. When things get difficult, there are small — and strange — things you can do as …
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A couple of decades ago, 3D printers seemed pure science fiction. Sure, they have existed since the ‘80s and even earlier, but they weren’t really good for a whole heck of a lot. The technology has advanced in strides, though. Today, you can go buy a perfectly good 3D printer for a couple hundred bucks …
The sea is a weird and scary place. We’re lucky in one sense, though — even the biggest fish today aren’t that big. Sure, something like the whale shark and basking shark are pretty enormous, but they’re harmless plankton eaters. The great white shark might be big but even that pales in comparison to the …
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Have you read The Strange Survival Story Of Phineas Gage: Part One? Follow the link if you’d like to, because this is part two. The thing is, there are huge blood vessels on both sides of the head, and his injury was within 1/100 of an inch that these blood vessels were not disturbed. The …
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This is an oldie but a goodie and a strange survival story. It’s a marvel of medical science, the shattered skull of Phineas Gage. This case shows evidence of a truly traumatic injury. Gage had two sections of his skull missing, cracks from the lesions and damage behind left eye socket and in his cheekbone. …
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