The Neutrino Trappers
Just over the border from Georgia, in the Caucasus Mountains of southern Russia, lies a small town called Neytrino. The Neutrino Trappers
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Our language is inadequate to describe quantum reality
This is the fifth in a series of articles exploring the birth of quantum physics. This is how the great mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead expressed his frustration with the onslaught of weirdness coming from the emerging quantum physics. Our language is inadequate to describe quantum reality
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Crows are self-aware just like us, says new study
It’s no surprise that corvids — the “crow family” of birds that also includes ravens, jays, magpies, and nutcrackers — are smart. Crows are self-aware just like us, says new study
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The vision collector: the man who used dreams and premonitions to predict the future
On the morning of 21 October 1966, a dark, glistening wave of coal waste burst out of the hillside above the Welsh village of Aberfan and poured down. People later compared the roar of the collapsing mine tip to a low-flying jet aircraft or thunder or a runaway train. The vision collector: the man who
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Mushrooms communicate with each other using up to 50 ‘words’, scientist claims
Buried in forest litter or sprouting from trees, fungi might give the impression of being silent and relatively self-contained organisms, but a new study suggests they may be champignon communicators. Mushrooms communicate with each other using up to 50 ‘words’, scientist claims
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Psychologists Are Learning What Religion Has Known for Years
Even though I was raised Catholic, for most of my adult life, I didn’t pay religion much heed. Like many scientists, I assumed it was built on opinion, conjecture, or even hope, and therefore irrelevant to my work. Psychologists Are Learning What Religion Has Known for Years
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‘Time is elastic’: Why time passes faster atop a mountain than at sea level
Place one clock at the top of a mountain. Place another on the beach. Eventually, you’ll see that each clock tells a different time. Lire la suite ici : ‘Time is elastic’: Why time passes faster atop a mountain than at sea level
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Scientists are producing deadly zoonoses on this tiny German island
On a small, unassuming German island called Riems lies one of the oldest virus research institutes in the world. And also one of the most dangerous. The Friedrich Loeffler Institute is closed to the public. Lire la suite ici : Scientists are producing deadly zoonoses on this tiny German island
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Electric sleep: the gadgetry tracking and hacking the way we rest
At 2.16am, I stumble to the bathroom. I catch a glimpse of myself. Lire la suite ici : Electric sleep: the gadgetry tracking and hacking the way we rest
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« La pollution sonore est le résultat de notre crise spirituelle »
Les médias français vous présentent souvent comme « l’homme qui cherche le silence », mais vous préférez le nom de soundtracker (pisteur de sons). Dans votre travail, qu’appelez-vous exactement le silence ? Le silence est un sentiment, une émotion, une sensation. Lire la suite ici : « La pollution sonore est le résultat de notre crise spirituelle
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