Your Weekly Attenborough: Euptychia attenboroughi
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Dramatic satellite images reveal thick palls of dust choking Beijing and blowing across 2,000 miles of Asia
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
An animation of satellite images reveals the stunning pall of dust and pollution that recently choked Beijing. (Images: NASA Worldview. Animation: Tom Yulsman) About a week ago, dust sweeping north from the Sahara blanketed parts of Eastern Europe, turning snow-covered ski slopes a strange shade of orange. Now, another far-ranging pall of dust — exacerbated by nasty air pollution — is in the news, this time in northeast Asia. Starting on March 26th, China’s nort ...read more
What Happens When a Blind Person Takes LSD?
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
How do blind people experience psychedelic drugs? This is the topic of an interesting, but unusual, paper just out in Consciousness and Cognition. The paper’s authors are University of Bath researchers Sara Dell’Erba, David J.Brown, and Michael J.Proulx. However, the real star contributor is a man referred to only as “Mr Blue Pentagon”. Blue Pentagon (“BP”) is the pseudonym for a 70 year old blind man who reports taking large quantities of LSD and other drugs ...read more
This cyclone almost became the East Coast's fifth nor'easter. What accounts for its beautiful comma shape?
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The GOES-16 weather satellite captured the image data used in this animation showing the evolution of a classic comma-shaped storm off the East Coast. The animation starts on March 25 as the storm is blowing out into the Atlantic and ends on March 27. Note: after clicking on the image you will be taken to another web page and may have to hit the play button to start the animation. (Source: RAMMB/CIRA/SLIDER) I first spotted a still image of this striking comma-shaped storm on Twitter. Captured ...read more
Cheetah Hitches a Ride During African Safari
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