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A story teller at the gates of dawn

4 days ago

Anamorphic Tricks What is an anamorphic illusion? I found this clever demonstration at Science World, which now that I think about it, was more trippy than I expected. Notice how the shape looks…

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6 days ago

A Historic Maritime Encounter Named after a hamlet in northern Cornwall, the St. Eval is rumoured to have served as a tug/salvage boat during the Second World War, but documented evidence has not been found…

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9 days ago

A Little Incident at the Space Shack I won’t lie to you, folks, when that son of a gun called me a human lover , I nearly lost my cool. Yes, I had a few drinks that day, but

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14 days ago

Snakes on a Plane Far out stuff. What you see against the white background is a bunch of "rotating snakes" that are produced by a visual effect called p

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17 days ago

Hey Ma, Look at Me, I'm a Particle Physimicist I was spacing out on the photographs of a cloud chamber that I recently wrote about in this StemSocial post . I noticed that some of the tracks twisted and curled as if moving…

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18 days ago

The Muons Are in da House We are told by scientists that there is no such thing as empty air. The room in which you are sitting is filled with tiny particles such as light, water vapour, oxygen…

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21 days ago

On the Threshold of a Dream I've always been fascinated by the nature of our perception and awareness. Interestingly, the scientific study of how our brains function is not that old, but a few artists have…

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22 days ago

Where the Wild Things Are I enjoy picking fights with extinct or dangerous species. When I see one, my caveman circuits turn on, and I immediately think: how would I defend myself if it attacked me? I…

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26 days ago

Get High with a Little Help from Our Friends I've been obsessed with space since I was a child. The idea of being an astronaut is a boyhood dream that many of us put in our bucket list as 'when I grow up, I wanna be an…

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29 days ago

Seeing and Believing Psychologists are always finding entertaining ways to mess with our minds and remind us that our reality is constructed by the interaction between our brain systems and external…

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