An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: It’s just as you suspected; the information age has changed the general attention span. A recently published study from researchers at the Technical University of Denmark suggests the collective global attention span is narrowing due to the amount of information that is presented to the public. Released on Monday in the scientific…
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3 winners and 3 losers from the Mueller report
Source: https://www.vox.com/2019/4/18/18485546/mueller-report-release-winners-losers…
Does the Mueller report exonerate Trump? I asked 12 legal experts.
Source: https://www.vox.com/2019/4/18/18484731/mueller-report-trump-barr-obstruction-legal-experts…
Is It GOOD or BAD to Use a Dynamite-Triggered Avalanche for an Apple Ad? We Asked Scientists
Apple’s “Don’t mess with Mother (Nature)” video—produced by the Camp4 Collective to promote the iPhone XS—included footage of a man-made avalanche. Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bj9xyz/is-it-good-or-bad-to-trigger-an-avalanche-with-dynamite-for-an-apple-ad-we-asked-scientists…
Scientists Partly Revive Dead Pigs’ Brains
Making us question what it means to be alive, and the boundaries of animal testing.Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/neavdz/scientists-partly-revive-dead-pigs-brains…
BBC Earth from Space: satellite images give new view on conservation
The BBC’s new documentary, Earth from Space, explores how scientists use satellite imagery to view and understand some of nature’s biggest challenges Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2200245-bbc-earth-from-space-satellite-images-give-new-view-on-conservation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Breakthrough research to revolutionise internet communication
A team of University of Otago/Dodd-Walls Centre scientists have created a novel device that could enable the next generation of faster, more energy efficient internet. Their breakthrough results have been published in the world’s premiere scientific journal Nature this morning. …
Oliver Sacks: The Healing Power of Gardens
Even for people who are deeply disabled neurologically, nature can be more powerful than any medication.
Astronomers Have Spotted the Universe’s First Molecule
Astronomers have detected the universe’s first molecule. “Helium hydride (HeH), a combination of helium and hydrogen, was spotted some 3000 light-years from Earth by an instrument aboard the airborne Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a telescope built into a converted 747 jet that flies above the opaque parts of Earth’s atmosphere,” reports Science Magazine. The findings have been reported in…
The Mysterious Moss Man of Florida
The thick swamps of Florida can be a spooky place to say the least, their tangles of cypress trees, vines, and brush clouded with mosquitoes and infested by all manner of insects and snakes, the murky, muddy waters prowled by alligators lying in wait for the unwary. When the sun goes down the swamp comes… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/04/the-mysterious-moss-man-of-florida/…