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Facts are great, except when they undermine our worldview. As a new study shows, when confronted with factual challenges, we often retreat by presenting weak explanations that are difficult — if not impossible — to disprove. Via F. Thunus 
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#weird It’s easy to assume that there’s only one way to view the world, but in reality, different species perceive their surroundings very differently, based on the shape of their heads and the positioning of their eyes. Via F. Thunus
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The U.S. has a long history of using pseudoscience to classify people by race . So what happens when we try to use a legitimate science? Via F. Thunus
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Normally, it's the Western Powers who are remembered for developing some of the most innovative and conceptual weapons of the Second World War. But when it came to experimental military technologies, Japan suffered from no shortage of ideas. Via F. Thunus
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What a strange creature you are! (HD - 11/2014) HYBɌID LIBɌΛɌIΛN brand new shirts & merchandise are now available! ▷ US shop: http://bit.ly/1A1MET0 ▷ EU shop: http://bit.ly/W6t2zF... Via F. Thunus
Aleixs Colburg's curator insight,
December 1, 2014 12:24 PM
I cannot add my insight.... I have not watched this video. I simply posted it because it looks like it might be fascinating.
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Water is necessary to make Coke, but what happens when the process is reversed to turn Coke into water? This art installation shows you how it's done. Via F. Thunus
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The more I read about famous scientific experiments, the more I realize I'm doing the dumb and sloppy version of them every day. In the past, I've accidentally performed personality experiments on other people . Via F. Thunus
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Kickstarter features the most awesome inventions! The latest one we’ve found is the ‘Whiskey Element’, a simple tool that claims to make cheap whiskey taste like fine expensive liquor in just 24 hours. Via F. Thunus
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Some things (like a Lost episode or the freeway system) really only make sense in context. So what about our lives today is mostly likely to cause a confused archeologist 1,000 years in the future to give up in despair? Via F. Thunus
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An experimental flying bicycle (Photo by Easyart/PA Wire) Beauty Micrometer, 1934, analyzed facial flaws for Makeup (Image via Lela London) The Isolater, 1925 (Image via Kitschy Kitschy Coo) Bike t... Via Deanna Dahlsad
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Chickens are getting bigger. A lot bigger. A new study charts the growth of the bird to almost 5 times its size from less than 50 years ago. Via F. Thunus
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For the most part, we make decisions based on our prior experiences. But what about those situations that are completely new or unpredictable? Via F. Thunus
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Several years ago, retired military officer Guan Baihua invented what may be the ultimate geometry geek bicycle. The front wheel is a pentagonal curve, and the back wheel is a reuleaux triangle (a triangular curve). Via F. Thunus
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Excavations at Amphipolis in Greece have uncovered five intriguing skeletons. An elderly woman, a newborn child, a cremated corpse, and two middle-aged men were among another 550 bone fragments found in a lavish tomb dating back to the Alexander era. Via F. Thunus
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This is what happens when you dunk a cheeseburger in concentrated hydrochrloric acid, which is a component of your own stomach acid. Basically, this is almost exactly what goes on in your stomach after you make a stop at McDonald's drive-thru. Via F. Thunus
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CHICAGO (AP) -- Once the lid was off the wood coffin holding the 2,500-year-old mummified remains of a 14-year-old Egyptian boy, scientist J.P. Brown could relax. Via F. Thunus
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Creatures like crabs, butterflies, snakes, and octopuses sense the world in unusual ways. Via F. Thunus
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The first fossil of an amphibious ichthyosaur has been discovered in China, and the scientists who made the discovery say it fills a longstanding gap in the fossil record. Via F. Thunus
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Why did dinosaurs have feathers millions of years before the first reptiles took to the air? Via F. Thunus
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The Lycurgus Cup is a Roman goblet, recently found to make use of nanotechnology to change color. Know what else changes color? A pregnancy test! Amazingly, both of these objects use similar nanotechnology. Via F. Thunus
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In the classic millennial film The Mighty Ducks, which was so awesome it convinced me and my frail pre-teen body to become a roller hockey goalie (to predictable ends), the team makes use of the iconic “Flying V” formation when in a pinch. Via F. Thunus
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Science fair projects are thought to be the dominion of vinegar and baking soda volcanoes, but some kids take things far above and beyond. Here are 11 of the most impressive science fair projects ever. Via F. Thunus
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A cold beer seems made for drinking in the sun, but sometimes those summertime beers inexplicably develop a rotten flavor when served in the heat of the day. Why does that happen? Via F. Thunus
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An archive of weird and wacky innovations has been unearthed by an amateur historian as he trawled through a collection of images spanning the last 100 years. Via F. Thunus
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