[QUOTE=Xyzzy;447245][URL]http://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=501443254[/URL][/QUOTE]

Yeah, we love that little, aggressive guy. Our favorite animal for a long time. We were seriously thinking to buy one as a pet. As an "LCD specialist", we can show you easier way what the polarized light means, what she does, and if her parents know. [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOYXmR7nUoA"]Here is a movie[/URL] with a polarizing film (the one mounted on top of any LCD monitor's glass, yours inclusive) placed on top of a monitor (so there are two foils, one on the monitor, that lets the "vertical" light pass, and one on my hand, that I can rotate). When the two directions are aligned, all light pass. When they are perpendicular, i.e. the one in my hand only lets the "horizontal" light pass, then there is no light passing, because there is no "horizontal" light there, remember, the foil from the monitor only lets the "vertical" light out.

Edit: in fact, here there are more polarization going on, coming also from the camera, so the colors you see in the movie are not exactly the colors seen in reality.

From your link with the shrimp and the cancer, [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYzKQWz9xmU"]people are amazing too[/URL]...

[url]http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/11/pigs-and-humans-share-a-cognitive-bias/[/url][QUOTE]It turns out that pigs make arbitrary decisions for some of the same reasons humans do. They get moody and peevish, and they allow those feelings to dictate judgement.[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/11/enzymes-from-nine-organisms-combined-to-create-new-pathway-to-use-co2/?hl=1&noRedirect=1"]Enzymes from nine organisms combined to create new pathway to use CO2[/URL]

[QUOTE]There's no question that humans are driving long-term changes in the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. But the human influence is taking place against a backdrop of natural carbon fluxes that are staggering in scale. Each year, for example, the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere cycles up and down by over a percent purely due to seasonal differences in plant growth.[/QUOTE]

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[QUOTE]By the time the team was done, the system used 17 different enzymes from nine different organisms, including bacteria, archaea, plants, and humans. The final system was truly impressive, using carbon dioxide with an efficiency 20 times that of the system used in photosynthesis.[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/us/politics/a-new-era-of-internet-attacks-powered-by-everyday-devices.html?ref=technology&_r=2&mtrref=undefined&mtrref=www.nytimes.com"]A New Era of Internet Attacks Powered by Everyday Devices[/URL]

[URL="https://www.fastcompany.com/3064788/work-smart/this-is-what-sparks-and-sustains-a-genius"]This Is What Sparks And Sustains A Genius[/URL]

[URL="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2016/10/21/brains-better-than-computers-why/#.WC5PQHeZNwp"]Why Our ‘Procrastinating’ Brains Still Outperform Computers[/URL]

[URL="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/time-crystal-created-lab"]‘Time crystal’ created in lab[/URL]

[URL="https://aeon.co/essays/are-book-collectors-real-readers-or-just-cultural-snobs"]Bookish fools[/URL]

[URL="http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/10/24/499162905/20-years-later-humans-still-no-match-for-computers-on-the-chessboard"]20 Years Later, Humans Still No Match For Computers On The Chessboard[/URL]

[URL="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/dinosaur-fossil-brain-tissue-paleontology-animals-science/"]First Known Dinosaur Brain Fossil Discovered[/URL]

[URL="http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/11/revisiting-why-incompetents-think-theyre-awesome/"]Revisiting why incompetents think they’re awesome[/URL]

[URL="http://sploid.gizmodo.com/could-we-turn-other-planets-and-moons-into-a-second-ear-1788427676"]Could We Turn Other Planets and Moons Into a Second Earth?[/URL]

[URL="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/curious-george-daring-escape-nazis-180960779/?no-ist"]When Curious George Made a Daring Escape From the Nazis[/URL]

[URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/09/opinion/return-to-the-teenage-brain.html?_r=1"]Return to the Teenage Brain[/URL]

[URL="https://aeon.co/ideas/some-people-really-are-wired-better-for-learning-languages"]Some people really are wired better for learning languages[/URL]

[URL="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161103124427.htm"]Spiral growth: Feedback loop behind spiral patterns in plants uncovered?[/URL]

[URL="https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602807/deep-neural-network-learns-to-judge-books-by-their-covers/"]Deep Neural Network Learns to Judge Books by Their Covers[/URL]

[URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/arts/design/technology-invites-a-deep-dive-into-art.html?ref=technology&_r=3"]Technology Invites a Deep Dive Into Art[/URL]

[URL="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161110152342.htm"]Why are we ticklish? Rats are surprisingly ticklish when their mood is right[/URL]

[URL="https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602810/brain-control-of-paralyzed-limb-lets-monkey-walk-again/"]Brain Control of Paralyzed Limb Lets Monkey Walk Again[/URL]

[URL="http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/11/does-the-sun-make-people-happy.html"]People Really Are Happier When the Sun Is Out Longer[/URL]

[QUOTE=rogue;447373]Revisiting why incompetents think they’re awesome[/QUOTE]

I'd mostly wonder why most people I've thought of as incompetent or family have thought of me as good for something.

[URL]http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-daylight-savings-koalas-20161122-story.html[/URL][QUOTE]According to their calculations, the number of koala deaths could fall by 8% on weekdays and 11% on weekends.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/11/the-crumbling-cement-around-you-is-soaking-up-carbon-dioxide/[/url][QUOTE]As of 2013, the researchers estimate that about a quarter of a billion tons of CO2 was being absorbed by cement each year.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/11/on-fiji-ants-have-learned-to-grow-plants-to-house-their-massive-colonies/[/url][QUOTE]They've brought in seeds from several species of a large, lumpy fruit from a plant known as [I]Squamellaria[/I] and carefully planted them in the nooks and crannies of the tree bark.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-coconut-crab-pinch-20161123-story.html[/url][QUOTE]That makes the coconut crab among the strongest terrestrial animals — only alligators and a few other species have a stronger bite force.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/11/covering-coasts-with-concrete-japan-looks-to-tetrapods-to-battle-elements/[/url][QUOTE]A stone’s throw off the coastline, dozens of gigantic, 10-ton concrete structures known as Tetrapods form a long row and look—if we’re being honest—as if a giant dumped a behemoth box of jacks into the sea. It is simultaneously majestic and odd.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/1128/Speed-of-light-theory-tested-Was-Einstein-wrong[/url][QUOTE]In a new study, physicists from the Imperial College London and Canada’s Perimeter Institute argue that the speed of light could have been much faster in the immediate aftermath of the Big Bang.[/QUOTE]

From the University of Amsterdam (in English) comes: [SIZE=7]Big[/SIZE] History!

YouTube channel:
[URL]https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKiMgmxDNYqLLhXnPFUz46w[/URL]

Web page:
[URL]http://iis.uva.nl/en/interdisciplinary-education/big-history-mooc/big-history-mooc.html[/URL]

Trailer:
[YOUTUBE]gbiAeTAvNAE[/YOUTUBE]

[url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/29/pooping-in-deep-space-has-nasa-stumped-the-space-poop-challenge-is-your-way-to-help/[/url][QUOTE]How NASA solves this problem in part depends upon you.[/QUOTE]