Tag: observation
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Life… Death… Night sky full of stars…
Astronomers are exploring what might be described as the first astronomical observing tool, potentially used by prehistoric humans 6,000 years ago. They suggest that the long, narrow entrance passages to ancient stone, or 'megalithic', tombs may have enhanced what early human cultures could see in the night sky, an effect that could have been interpreted…
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Science is not special. Science is observation and simple logic. And yes, animals can do it too. (OR: Philosophy vs. Science 1-0)
Scientists found out that cats could be comprehending laws of physics. The study was published in the journal Animal Cognition. The experiment involved observing the reactions of 30 cats — eight house cats and 22 cats that reside in cat cafes — to a series of four scenarios involving a container with an object inside…
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Observation: It destroys life… Can you observe your self?
We destroy what we observe. From observers we automatically become participants in anything we want to “watch from a distance”. Either it is a simple photograph of a natural ecosystem or a photo of some friends partying, he who takes the role of the observer becomes part of what we observes whether he likes it…
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Speed of light. Speed of change.
Were physicists all wrong about the speed of light? You might think so, given the stories posted recently about a new paper suggesting that light travels a bit more slowly than the 186,000-miles-a-second figure that's familiar to generations of science geeks. "The speed of light has almost mythical significance in physics", Tyson told The Huffington…
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Curiosity, microbes, observing.
A recent study of swabs taken from the rover before it launched found its surfaces contained 65 bacteria species. Engineers are supposed to put spacecraft like Curiosity through a stringent cleaning regimen before launch. Yet certain species of bacteria are known to survive even NASA's cleanrooms. Wondering about what remained on Curiosity even after cleaning,…
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