This Giant Ocean Cleaning Device Actually Removes Plastic Waste from the Water
In case you’re unaware (or you’ve just tried to forget), there is a giant swath of floating garbage (we’re talking twice the size of Texas) in the Pacific called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Thousands of tons of plastic debris is brought together by swirling ocean currents and kept in place by those same forces....
How the Earth Got Its Name
Filed under: things you probably never thought about until now… It’s pretty obvious, especially if you’ve ever read any Greek and Roman mythology, how most of the planets (Mercury, Mars, Venus, Saturn, and the rest) in our solar system got their names, but what about Earth? There’s no Roman or Greek god named Earth, I’m...
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Understanding the Many-Worlds Theory, Which Says There Are Infinite Yous
Physics is complicated, and quantum theory is especially complicated. Many of the concepts belonging to the world of quantum mechanics won’t be easily (or ever) grasped by untrained minds, but the Many-Worlds theory isn’t that hard to understand – at least on the surface. It’s the idea that the reality and timeline we’re living in is...
This Deadly Mushroom Physically Shrinks Your Brain When Eaten, and Will Poison You if You Even Touch It
My husband enjoys hunting for wild mushrooms, and our family enjoys eating them – but only because I’m 100% sure that he knows what he’s doing. He is careful and educated about what species are safe for humans to consume, which is an absolute must for mushroom foraging. And also we don’t live in Australia, where...
Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM) Is an Extremely Rare but Real Condition
The very few people with highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM) can tell you exactly what happened on any given day, down to the way they felt and at what time. It’s both a superpower and a curse, depending on the circumstances. And to this day, scientists have no idea what contributors make a person have...
