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19-Year-Old Figured Out How To Clean Up The Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch

VIA “elitedaily.com” by Aaron Kaufman Global warming isn’t the only environmental nightmare that scientists are struggling to solve. Millions of tons of plastic waste litter the world’s oceans, converging together in rotating currents called gyres and blanketing the water’s surface. On average, these gyres now hold six times more plastic than plankton by dry weight. […]

24 Must-See Diagrams That Will Make Eating Healthy Super Easy

24 Must-See Diagrams That Will Make Eating Healthy Super Easy

VIA “Pulptastic.com” Author not specified 24 Must-See Diagrams That Will Make Eating Healthy Super Easy  1. For fruit-ophiles. Photos by Grace Hitchcock for PopSugar / Via popsugar.comSome diets require precision. Yes, even fruit portions. 2. For 5-minute dinners that are sure to be healthy. Women’s Health / Via womenshealthmag.comFor more information on what makes these […]

Ancient Tool Making May Have Driven The Evolution Of Human Language

VIA “iflscience.com” by Janet Fang A 2.5-million-year-old toolmaking technique may have influenced the evolution of human language and how we teach. The heavy reliance on stone tools by some of our oldest ancestors may have generated evolutionary pressure to develop more advanced ways of transmitting knowledge—such as a primitive proto-language. The findings, published in Nature […]

Watch The Earth Open and Close During Japans 2011 Earthquake

VIA “iflscience.com” by Lisa Winter Over 18,000 people were killed by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011. The earthquake lasted six minutes, and had over 250 aftershocks. Amateur video obtained by an American tourist visiting a park when the earthquake struck shows how dynamic the ground can be. The […]

8 Ancient Beliefs Now Backed By Modern Science

8 Ancient Beliefs Now Backed By Modern Science

VIA “themindunleashed.com” VIA “huffingtonpost.com” by Alena Hall The Earth may not be flat nor is it the center of the universe, but that doesn’t mean old-world intellectuals got everything wrong. In fact, in recent years, modern science has validated a number of teachings and beliefs rooted in ancient wisdom that, up until now, had been trusted but […]

Theory Finds That Individuals Who Have Asperger’s Syndrome Don’t Lack Empathy – In Fact If Anything They Empathize Too Much

Theory Finds That Individuals Who Have Asperger’s Syndrome Don’t Lack Empathy – In Fact If Anything They Empathize Too Much

VIA “the-open-mind.com” by Jade Small “People with Asperger’s syndrome, a high functioning form of autism, are often stereotyped as distant loners or robotic geeks. But what if what looks like coldness to the outside world is a response to being overwhelmed by emotion – an excess of empathy, not a lack of it? This idea […]