Exploring the Infinite
From the page: “More than half of adult Americans report they have had a spiritual experience that changed their lives. Now, scientists from universities like Harvard, Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins are using new technologies to analyze the brains of people who claim they have touched the spiritual — from Christians who speak in tongues to Buddhist monks to people who
“Using a process called paleo-experimental evolution, Georgia Tech researchers have resurrected a 500-million-year-old gene from bacteria and inserted it into modern-day Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria. This bacterium has now been growing for more than 1,000 generations, giving the scientists a front row seat to observe evolution in action.” via The Daily Galaxy You may already know how I feel
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There are only 14 pottos in captivity worldwide; 8 of them live in the Cincinnati Zoo!
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Is the Purpose of Sleep to Let Our Brains “Defragment,” Like a Hard Drive? The images below are examples of synaptic proteins from the brains of Drosophila, the fruit fly: via Discover Magazine “There are still many questions around the function of sleep, but one thing seems certain: we won’t be able to understand the brain if we limit ourselves
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BP Oil Spill Aftermath: Eyeless Shrimp, Clawless Crabs and Fish with Oozing Sores From the page: How bad is it? The effect that the oil spill and its reckless cleanup has on sea life is frightening, damning and sad. Here’s a list of deformities that Al Jazeera found in its report: *Shrimp with tumors on their heads *Shrimp with defects
Blood Falls From the page: Roughly two million years ago, the Taylor Glacier sealed beneath it a small body of water which contained an ancient community of microbes. Trapped below a thick layer of ice, they have remained there ever since, isolated inside a natural time capsule. Evolving independently of the rest of the living world, these microbes exist in
From the page: “Ultimately, the claim that a fertilized egg is a person is an insult to rationality and morality. It is irrational to the point of absurdity to grant a microscopic clump of cells, a fertilized egg, the same legal and moral status as an actual person living and breathing in the world.” via National Humanist | Examiner.com Further
Murmuration from Sophie Windsor Clive on Vimeo.
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