Category: Senses
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Light, Dark, Eyes...
A study, published in the journal Nature, showed that mice spending pregnancy in complete darkness had babies with altered eye development. It indicated tiny quantities of light were needed to control blood vessel growth in the eye. The researchers showed that the retina development requires light that is going through the body during pregnancy. From darkness we come,…
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Walking through walls, QM, Reality...
What exactly is "real"? How do you know that your dreams are "not real"? Because your mother told you so. How do you know that the wall you see in front of you is "real"? Because you see it. And because other people see it too. But not all people see the same. And surely not…
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A world without Pain. Be careful what you wish for...
How would you like to live a life without pain? A young girl named Ashlyn does have this "unfortunate luck": she cannot feel any pain at all! At school, she was once asked if she was Superman. Could she feel a punch to the face? Could she walk across burning coals as if she were…
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Planet with 4 Suns, puzzled for life...
A planet with four (4) Suns was recently discovered! [1] Now THAT would be a great place to have all those silly debates about whether the Earth is in the center of the solar system or whether the Sun(s) is! 🙂 PS. And for those who may have misunderstood me, NO the answer is NOT…
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What do you "see" ?
You see a painting in the morning. You then see the same painting in the afternoon. You look at the same painting from a different angle. Then you look at it under a different light. Four different viewpoints. One painting. What "is" what you "see" ? Simple questions. Difficult answers...
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