Tag: science
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Do You Fall for Corporate Bullsh*t?
A researcher at Cornell has designed a Coporate Bullsh*t Receptivity Scale, noting that employees most impressed by corporate nonsense may be least equipped to make effective decisions. Jeff and Anthony dig into the findings, and discuss their own encounters …
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Time is Perception
A new study comparing the visual capacity of various animals indicates that the perception of time is linked to the pace of their lives. Anthony and Jeff discuss the ramifications of such a study, and what it might mean …
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Why We Retreat When We’re Sick
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A Horse is a Horse, of Course of Course
Two stories this week, both involving horses. In the first, a recent study of unearthed bones in Britan reveals that horses were much smaller in medieval times than they are today. Then, the world of polo is dominated by …
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Discovering the Noperthedron
Can one six-sided cube seamlessly pass through another of equal size? The answer may surprise you. And the quest to discover convex polyhedrons that don’t behave that way is even wilder. After more than three centuries, a geometry problem …
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How Recent is Recently?
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word ‘recent’ is defined as “having happened or started only a short time ago.” And yet, in the world of scientific publishing, it may be one of the most imprecise terms ever …
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Quicksand is Making a Comeback
An experienced hiker had to be saved by National Parks Search and Rescue last month after getting stuck in quicksand. This made us go “Wait, quicksand? Like, quicksand is a thing?” So here are all the details on the …
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Tooth-in-Eye
Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis, or “tooth-in-eye” surgery, is a real thing, returning vision to patients with severe corneal blindness. Jeff and Anthony explain the astounding process of using a tooth to repair an eye, and the wild road to discovering that it …
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