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October 21, 2024 3 min read How Your Brain Processes Zero (It’s Not Exactly ‘Nothing’) What we think about when we think about “zilch” is surprisingly complex, neuroscientists find By Michaela Maya-Mrschtik & Daisy Yuhas The invention of zero made many mathematical calculations possible. Many mathematical equations can only be solved thanks to a special […]
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have confirmed we’re in the solar maximum, a period of increased solar activity that could lead to more auroras. Also, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a fivefold surge in whooping cough cases. And a new study suggests that some microbes might be using […]
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I admit that the title of this post might be straining an analogy a bit in the service of my love of old Monty Python sketches and movies, but what can I say? I first encountered them in the 1970s on late night PBS when I was a teenager, and they stuck with me. Also, […]
A confrontation between stalk-eyed flies. Image by Gerald Wilkinson. Credit: Gerald Wilkinson In stalk-eyed flies, longer eyestalks attract the ladies. Females prefer males with longer eyestalks, and other males are less likely to fight them for access to females. But some males have a copy of the X chromosome which always causes short eyestalks. Scientists […]
The crisis of homelessness is pushing American psychiatry to places it has not gone before — like sidewalk injections of antipsychotics. Source link
To study the cell membranes of deep-sea animals, the biochemist Itay Budin (center) joined forces with marine biologists Steve Haddock (right) and Jacob Winnikoff (left). Photographs: From left: Tamrynn Clegg; Geoffroy Tobe; John Lee “They are looking into an area that, to a large degree, has not been explored,” said Sol Gruner, who researches molecular […]
Dr Karl asks a fellow physicist for the telltale signs when powerful people spread untruths. They are easy to spot and nasty. DrKarl Source link
In fact, bubble bursts caused by wave energy can release 100,000 metric tons of microplastics into the atmosphere each year. Since dolphins and other marine mammals breathe at the water’s surface, they may be especially vulnerable to exposure. Where there are more people, there is usually more plastic. But for the tiny plastic particles floating […]