Category: Science
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Touch Earth. Sense that flower…
Seismic waves, commonly associated with earthquakes, have been used by scientists to develop a universal scaling law for the sense of touch. A team used Rayleigh waves to create the first scaling law for touch sensitivity. (1) Touch the rhinoceros. Touch me. Touch Earth. They all feel it. And so do you. A sense of…
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Simple. The worst enemy of truth…
Charles Darwin's 1842 theory about the formation of ring-shaped reefs, called atolls, is incorrect, but 'it's so beautiful, so simple and pleasing' that it still appears in textbooks and university courses, said a marine geologist. The accurate description is more complicated, and biologists are hoping to set the record straight. (1) Simple is beautiful. Simple…
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Venus on Moon…
A growing body of research suggests the planet Venus may have had an Earth-like environment billions of years ago, with water and a thin atmosphere. (1) Read me a poem. Try not to cry. I am here. Just listen to the moon. Will you travel far away? Will you forget me? My thought will always…
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Storm is coming…
Researchers create a new 3D model that could explain the formation of a hexagon storm on Saturn -- a hurricane about 20,000 miles in diameter. (1) Why is this storm a hexagon? Humans trying to understand in a complex world. The world trying to understand simple humans. Why are they seeing only that storm? Look.…
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Can you analyze the storm?
Typically, computer models of climate become more and more complex as researchers strive to capture more details of our Earth's system, but according to a team of researchers, to assess risks, less complex models, with their ability to better sample uncertainties, may be a better choice. (1) Complex things. Made up of so many simple…
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