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Weird fact: Science teaches empathy (with yourself, mostly)

25 Jun 201925 Jun 2019
Wait, what? Science, this high-rising, emotionless ivory tower of reason teaches you empathy - how? One of the tennants of science is the idea that you yourself are the most…
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What does it take to geek out about…wine?

18 Jun 201912 Jun 2019
I grew up in wine country. Fine beer there, too, but this was wine country in Southern Germany. Here's how it would usually go after entering that "pub": "Hm. I…
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Altruism in plants?

11 Jun 20193 Jun 2019
Ever seen BBC accelerate the life of plants in their "Earth" series? David Attenborough narrated it, of course. The point of it was that plants may be more interesting and…
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What does it take to geek out about…Hildas, Greeks, and Trojans?

4 Jun 201925 May 2019
Look at that image. The white dots are what most people are aware of. Even if not-most folks out in the street realise that these are what could have been…
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Looking out for the other guy. Eating what you find.

28 May 201918 May 2019
Altruism is one of the most interesting subjects I know of. It's about the science of kindness, if you will. What interests me most is whether we can ever fully…
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What does it take to geek out about…Sierpinski carpets?

21 May 201920 May 2019
Take a square, cut it into nine smaller copies of itself. Take the middle one out and fill the others with nine smaller copies of themselves each. Repeat the process…
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On lava and kids

14 May 201914 May 2019
It strikes me that, on the level of the single individual, things could very well be more efficient. I mean you, Evolution! How is it that, of all the things…
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What does it take to geek out about…clouds?

7 May 20196 May 2019
This is the Sun. It looks a little like a monochrome Jupiter, shrouded in clouds and a (for Northern Norway) weird kind of dusty veil, halfway cloud, halfway glass. Those…
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#makekindnessgoviral: One can dream…

30 Apr 20191 May 2019
I dream of a world in which #kindness is trending and oodles of examples for it flood the internets. :) Here, I'll start: When my daughter realized... 1) that some…

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