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Why the Myers-Briggs test is totally meaningless
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It's no more scientifically valid than a BuzzFeed quiz. I've taken the MB test two times. It was clear to me from the questions that they could be answered so many different ways depending on context....
Image of I'm not a scientist nor engineer nor mathematician. But I wish I was. It's so romantic.
I'm not a scientist nor engineer nor mathematician. But I wish I was. It's so romantic.
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I've just watched a physics video that made me discover something important about myself. Had I better teachers growing up, I'd be a scientist now instead of a business technologist. I'...
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Phobias may be memories passed down in genes from ancestors
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Memories may be passed down through generations in DNA in a process that may be the underlying cause of phobias
Apparently, Burning NH4Cr2O7 With HgSCN Opens A Portal To Hell.
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Of all the chemical reactions we've covered within the past few months, the one filmed below probaby takes the prize for coolest looking and possibly scariest. After the pile of reactants is lit, it b...
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Chipotle: Is the public willing to stay faithful after norovirus outbreak scandal?
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When you promise fresh, ethically grown and sourced food to the masses, your supply chain becomes more complex. And more complexity means more risk. As a formerly faithful customer of Chipotle, I adm...
Image of A controversial test for self-awareness is dividing the animal kingdom.
A controversial test for self-awareness is dividing the animal kingdom.
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“It’s not the ability to recognize yourself in a mirror that is important,” he would come to believe. “It’s what that says about your ability to conceive of yourself in t...
Image of Fecal Matter On Shoes | The 'ewww!' on your shoe
Fecal Matter On Shoes | The 'ewww!' on your shoe
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An old article but still as relevant today as it was then. Years ago when I lived in Japan, it took a bit getting used to removing your shoes before entering homes, gyms, restaurants, etc. But it mad...
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Image of The Fluid Dynamics of “The Starry Night”: How Vincent Van Gogh’s Masterpiece Explains the Scientific Mysteries of Movement and Light
The Fluid Dynamics of “The Starry Night”: How Vincent Van Gogh’s Masterpiece Explains the Scientific Mysteries of Movement and Light
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In a period of intense suffering, Van Gogh was somehow able to perceive and represent one of the most supremely difficult concepts nature has ever brought before mankind.
Image of Diane Ackerman on What Working at a Suicide Prevention Hotline Taught Her about the Human Spirit
Diane Ackerman on What Working at a Suicide Prevention Hotline Taught Her about the Human Spirit
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Choice is a signature of our species. We choose to live, sometimes we choose our own death, but most of the time we make choices just to prove choice is possible. Above all else, we value the right...
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Killer Viruses - Should we make them?
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We all have previously learned about the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918, which killed between 20-40 million people worldwide in our history classes. Now with the advance of modern molecular biology techn...
Image of Put the “Ph” Back in PhD. We need big thinkers, but the current system teaches students to think small.
Put the “Ph” Back in PhD. We need big thinkers, but the current system teaches students to think small.
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By re-embracing the relevant branches of philosophy—a central field of the humanities—scientists will see and think more broadly, perhaps rediscovering what drew them to the field in the first pla...
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Image of Scientists retrieve lost memories using optogenetics
Scientists retrieve lost memories using optogenetics
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Researchers have found that memories that have been 'lost' as a result of amnesia can be recalled by activating brain cells with light. They reactivated memories that could not otherwise be retrieved...
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Image of Peek-A-Boo, Zika
Peek-A-Boo, Zika
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As the new darling of the worldwide infectious disease family, Zika virus has emerged as one of the most talked-about public health issues currently. But where did it come from? Why has public knowle...