People who are lying take longer to write a message according to a newly-published study. But the difference may not be enough to be a useful guide in text ‘conversations.’ Researchers at Brigham Young University in Utah asked more than 100 students from two unnamed universities to take part in a test where a computer […]
BRILLIANT!!! Is string theory right? Is it just fantasy? Caught in the landscape, Out of touch with reality [acapellascience | Via Laughing Squid]
http://youtu.be/RskDgPoqZAo We know that certain extremophiles thrive at subzero temperatures, happily multiplying in sheets of ice and deep in frozen caves and lakes. But there’s a lower limit to almost everything, and researchers at the British Antarctic Survey wanted to know what that limit was for single-celled organisms at low temperatures. At what point do […]
Why is a ‘broken heart’ so painful? Science explains the pain of heartbreak, and more importantly, how to effectively get over it. [ASAPScience]
NASA has officially confirmed that Voyager 1 has left our solar system. The announcement comes to coincide with the publish of a paper in Science with the understated title “In Situ Observations of Interstellar Plasma With Voyager 1.” The paper details “strong evidence that Voyager 1 has crossed the heliopause into the nearby interstellar plasma.” […]
As explained by Minute Earth, if you’re in the middle of a field and don’t have a Faraday suit handy during a lightning storm, the best way to survive a lightning strike is to crouch low while keeping your feet close together. But the best way to avoid lightning strikes is to get inside a […]
Sure, after spending a while in the dark, people can start to see a little better, but does this vision reflect reality? Check out the video to learn more about what Prisoner’s cinema is, and why pirates used to wear an eye patch. [VSauce 3 | Via LS]
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