Category: Self
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Being… you!
Researchers haven’t actually worked out how to carry out a real physical ‘body swap’ – not yet – but in this case, 33 pairs of friends were able to virtually swap bodies using headsets. As they looked round, they saw themselves in their friend’s body. The experiments only ran for a few minutes, but they…
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To the Core!
By creating conditions akin to the center of Earth inside a laboratory chamber, researchers have improved the estimate of the age of our planet’s solid inner core, putting it at 1 billion to 1.3 billion years old. (1) Look inside. Find the core. Measure. Can you? Look inside. Find your soul. Measure. Arbitrary meanings guiding…
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Ignore… you!
Electric fish generate electric pulses to communicate with other fish and sense their surroundings. Some species broadcast shorter electric pulses, while others send out long ones. But all that zip-zapping in the water can get confusing. The fish need to filter out their own pulses so they can identify external messages and only respond to…
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Changing brain…
A new study offers evidence that the brain’s inferotemporal cortex, which is specialized to perform object recognition, has been repurposed for a key component of reading called orthographic processing – the ability to recognize written letters and words. (1) As we change, our brain changes. As our brain changes, we change. A constant battle leading…
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Afraid.
Afraid? Presence of a stranger can have a calming effect. (1) We are never alone. But we are afraid when we believe we are alone. Look around you. Talk to the forest. Shhhhhh… You do not need any reassurance. It is the forest that is terrified! Tell the cosmos not to be afraid. You are…
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