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September 30, 2016 You Have A Second Brain The vagus nerve, or cranial nerve X, is a part of the autonomic nervous system, which controls functions of the body that are not under voluntary control, such as heart rate and digestion. In the neck, the vagus nerve travels near the carotid artery and jugular vein. |
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September 29, 2016 Johanna Under The Ice Finnish freediver Johanna Nordblad holds the world record for a 50-meter dive under ice. She discovered her love for the sport through cold-water treatment while recovering from a downhill biking accident that almost took her leg. British director and photographer Ian Derry captures her taking a plunge under the Arctic ice. |
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September 28, 2016 Stevie Wonder on Keys of Life "If God didn‘t want me to sing it, he wouldn‘t have given me the talent to do it“ - Stevie Wonder in 2005 |
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September 27, 2016 Crystallization2 The subjects of this project were droplets of saturated aqueous solutions containing various inorganic salts (e.g. table salt, sodium sulfate etc.). The evaporation of water initiated the crystallization processes inside the droplets, which were captured by time-lapse photography. |
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| September 23, 2016 Aphasia: The Disorder That Makes You Lose Your Words Language is an essential part of our lives that we often take for granted. But, if the delicate web of language networks in your brain became disrupted by stroke, illness, or trauma, you could find yourself truly at a loss for words. Susan Wortman-Jutt details a disorder called aphasia, which can impair all aspects of communication. |
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| September 22, 2016 How the Mona Lisa Became So Overrated It's not just the smile. There are a few real reasons Mona is so famous. Vox's Phil Edwards looked into it... |
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| September 20, 2016 The Perfectionist Trap One of the greatest obstacles to a good life is the expectation of perfection. |
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| September 19, 2016 Transistors — The Invention That Changed The World |
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| September 16, 2016 Why Red Means Republican and Blue Means Democrat The major party color schemes, and the terms “red state” and "blue state" are actually a recent phenomenon. |
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| September 13, 2016 The Revolutionary Life of Emma Goldman Once dubbed one of the most dangerous people in America by J. Edgar Hoover, activist and speaker Emma Goldman defied history with her revolutionary support for labor rights, women’s rights and “everyone’s right to beautiful radiant things.” |
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| September 9, 2016 Home Is Where the Parking Lot Is An airport parking lot in Los Angeles has become an improvised village of airline workers. |
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| September 7, 2016 What Will Happen When Earth's Magnetic Poles Reverse? Eventually, Earth's magnetic fields will flip. What will happen then? |
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| September 6, 2016 Why are Insects Attracted to Light? You know how moths like to fly into lamps or crawl all over your tv screen at night? Why do they do this?! The answer is more complicated than you might think... |
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| September 1, 2016 The Simple Solution to Traffic The way we can make traffic disappear. |
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