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Why does time appear to speed up as we get older? Can we slow it down?
What is the specious present? And how do our brains perceive time?
Original Title: Why Do These Liquids Look Alive?
Why do droplets of food coloring attract, repel, and chase each other?
A story is worth a thousand data points.
Original Title: The Northernmost Town on Earth (Svalbard in 4K)
Longyearbyen on Svalbard is the northernmost settlement with over 1000 residents
A rare look inside the Svalbard Global Seed Vault which is closed ~350 days a year
Original Title: Celsius Didn't Invent Celsius
Celsius never devised nor used the scale that now bears his name.
How can you Yo-Yo without the string attached?
If you repeat something enough times, it comes to feel good and true.
Mounting evidence suggests a lot of published research is false.
The best and worst predictions in science are both based on the same underlying physics
Original Title: Galaxies From Nothing
All the large-scale structure in the universe may owe its existence to nothing.
Original Title: Welding in Space
In space, metals can weld together without heat or melting.
Silicone oil droplets provide a physical realization of pilot wave theories.
The crazy story of the arbitrary temperature scale used in a tiny minority of countries.
Used in everything from bullet-proof vests to the walls of the Pentagon, polyurea's strength comes from its long-chain molecules.
Why we can't seem to agree on what's true when it's easier than ever to check.
