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Should Quantum Anomalies Make Us Rethink Reality? | Bernardo Kastrup
Thomas Kuhn used the duck-rabbit optical illusion, made famous by Wittgenstein, to demonstrate the way in which a paradigm shift could cause one to see the same information in an entirely different ...
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Unprecedented study identifies 44 genetic risk factors for major depression | King's College London
A global research project has mapped out the genetic basis of major depression, identifying 44 genetic variants which are risk factors for depression, 30 of which are newly discovered. The study, by ...
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The Shamanic View of Mental Illness | Jayson Gaddis
Jayson Gaddis -- Uplift April 26, 2018 Looking Through a Different Lens I am reprinting this from an email I received from Malidoma Some, a West African Shaman whom I’ve had the privilege to meet, ...
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Earth BioGenome Project aims to sequence DNA from all complex life on Earth | Harris A. Lewin
The Earth BioGenome Project aims to sequence all eukaryotic species. This superkingdom of life includes all organisms except bacteria and archaea. Credit: Mirhee Lee. April 23, 2018 (Phys.org) -- An ...
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Totalitarian Dream: Fatherland/Homeland | Philip A. Farruggio
Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farrugio -- World News Trust April 24, 2018 The Nazi regime running Germany in the 1930s and 40s came up with the word Fatherland for their nation. Words and phrases can ...
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The Ghost of Herut: Einstein on Israel, 70 Years Ago | Ramzy Baroud
Dr. Ramzy BaroudRamzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 24, 2018 Albert Einstein, along with other Jewish luminaries, including Hannah Arendt, published a letter in the New York Times on Dec. 4, ...
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Winter wave heights and extreme storms on the rise in Western Europe | Alan Williams
Waves crashing onto Chesil Beach in Dorset during the winter of 2013/14. Credit: Tim Poate/University of Plymouth Apr. 24, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Average winter wave heights along the Atlantic coast of ...
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How young children run around all day without getting tired | Sébastien Ratel & Anthony Blazevich
Credit: Robert Kraft/public domain April 24, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Children not only have fatigue-resistant muscles, but recover very quickly from high-intensity exercise -- even faster than ...
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New smartphone reader for quicker infection testing | Tina Hilding
Dr. "Bones" from the Star Trek TV show uses a "tricorder" to diagnose a medical condition. April 24, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Washington State University researchers have developed a low-cost, portable ...
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Amateur mathematician partially solves 60-year-old problem | Bob Yirka
The 1581-vertex, non-4-colourable unit-distance graph G. Credit: arXiv:1804.02385 April 24, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Professional biologist and amateur mathematician Aubrey de Grey has partially solved ...
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Gender inequality is 'drowning out' the voices of women scientists | Heather Ford & Petra Dekens
Credit: CC0 Public Domain April 24, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A University of Cambridge researcher is calling for the voices of women to be given a fairer platform at a leading scientific conference. Dr. ...
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