List: Science | Curated by Thermoaesthetics

May 25, 2022
41 stories
Science
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Maeflowers
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
Effects of Marijuana on the BrainEndocannibinoid pathways, neurotransmitters, and neural connections
May 24, 2022
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May 24, 2022
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Aurelien Pelissier
It Took Me 10 Years to Understand Entropy, Here is What I Learned.From the Big bang to the Heat death of the universe
Apr 16, 2022
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Apr 16, 2022
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Gabriel A. Silva
The Geometry of Nervous Systems may have Precisely Evolved to Support Rich Dynamic FunctionThere are many methods and tools available to study complex systems. But understanding how the structural connectivity of a network…
Jan 5, 2022
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Jan 5, 2022
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Cantor’s Paradise
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Gabriel A. Silva
Why We Need Mathematics to Understand the BrainWhen I tell people that I use mathematics and engineering to study and understand how the brain works, the reaction I get is oftentimes…
Sep 24, 2020
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Sep 24, 2020
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Gardening, Birding, and Outdoor Adventure
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Scott Younkin
The Genius of the MockingbirdThey are sampling, stretching, and squeezing to get some lovin’
Apr 21, 2022
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Apr 21, 2022
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Age of Awareness
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Precambrian Tales
Poetry and Conservation ScienceA creative way to enhance environmental awareness
Apr 13, 2022
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Apr 13, 2022
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Grant Piper
Why Do All Ancient Civilizations Have a Flood Myth?A chilling theory
Mar 12, 2022
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Mar 12, 2022
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Ray Williams
Our Perception of Reality is Shaped by Our EmotionsOur emotional state in a given moment may influence what we see, according to findings published in Psychological Science. In two…
Mar 8, 2022
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Mar 8, 2022
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Ray Williams
Changes in Eye Pupil Reflects Uncertainty During Decision-MakingWhether it involves stopping at a traffic light or diving into freezing water to save someone from drowning: many of our everyday problems…
Apr 9, 2022
Apr 9, 2022
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Maeflowers
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
The Evidence for VirusesDon’t believe in germ theory because there’s no proof of viruses? Here it is
Dec 5, 2021
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Dec 5, 2021
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Maeflowers
by
Alicia M Prater, PhD
Brain Regions Involved in the Fear ResponseThe fear response is a complex cascade of chemical and electrical signals. These signals are triggered by the involuntary part of the…
Feb 6, 2022
Feb 6, 2022
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Maeflowers
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Alicia M Prater, PhD
How the Theory of Evolution Has Changed Since DarwinMany scientific fields have added to and changed our understanding of variation in populations over time
Jan 30, 2022
Jan 30, 2022
Egemen Küpçü
Why Do We Put Our Hands To Our Mouths When We Are Afraid?Despite the different languages and cultures in the world, the way we express some basic emotions is pretty much the same. For example, we…
Dec 2, 2021
Dec 2, 2021
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Curated Newsletters
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Jill Ebstein
Remembering Our Chief NaturalistBecause we are evolving all the time
Feb 10, 2022
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Feb 10, 2022
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Aaron Guy Leroux
Review: “On the Origin of Species” by Charles DarwinDarwin’s feather-ruffling masterpiece. Part of my Pandemic Reading series.
Mar 13, 2022
Mar 13, 2022
Jim Fonseca
The One Minute Geographer: This Fragile Earth (9) And the Tallest Mountain is…?When I taught geography, I used to ask students the tallest mountain question and they would almost always know the ‘right’ answer. But…
Feb 19, 2022
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Feb 19, 2022
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Starts With A Bang!
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Ethan Siegel
When did the first humans arise on planet Earth?Planet Earth has been around for over 4.5 billion years, but humans? For 99.998% of our history, humans were nowhere to be found.
Mar 8, 2022
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Mar 8, 2022
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Mark Johnson
Why Gödel, Escher, Bach is the most influential book in my life.Musings on Hofstadter’s phenomenal book about computation, consciousness, and epistemology.
Feb 23, 2022
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Feb 23, 2022
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