How Is Your Phone Changing You?

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Jun 052016
 

Asap SCIENCE explains the ways Smartphones change the bodies and brains of their users.

Should you be worried about how your cell phone impacts your brain and body? Watch this video to find out!

 

Muhammad Ali: The Greatest of All Time

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Jun 042016
 

R.I.P Muhammad. A true legend. One of the best among ALL sports.

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Muhammad Ali, the former world heavyweight boxing champion and one of sport’s most influential individuals, has died aged 74.

Ali, who earned the nickname ‘The Greatest’, suffered from Parkinson’s Disease since 1984. He was taken into hospital on Thursday for a respiratory condition and had been being kept in “as a precaution”. News of his death was released by his family’s spokesman early on Saturday morning (GMT).

Politicians, athletes and celebrities immediately flooded to social media to pay tribute to “The Greatest”. Ali was also described as a “humble mountain” and “the biggest and the best”.

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Animation Of The Day: Naval Gun Turret

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May 302016
 

animated naval gun turret

An animated naval gun turret, based on a British 15 inch turret Mark 1. The figure represents a person 5 ft 8 in high (172 cm).

1. Platform deck
2. Shell room
3. Lower deck
4. Magazine
5. Middle deck
6. Trunk
7. Main deck
8. Barbette
9. Working Chamber
10. Upper Deck
11. Roller path
12. Cradle
13. Gun-house

 
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Honey: Bacteria’s Worst Enemy

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May 292016
 

It may not look like it sitting in that cute bear bottle, but honey is a supercharged bacteria-killing powerhouse!

Sometimes while browsing the grocery story we’ll pick up an item we know we’ll be out of soon, only to open the new one before using up the old one. For me, that’s honey. There’s always an all-but-spent bottle haunting the back of the pantry like a bear-shaped ghost with unfinished business. While the natural assumption with any other sauce or spread would be to toss the past-due portion out, honey doesn’t have to suffer the same fate. It’s true what they say, honey doesn’t go bad.

This superpower has a few factors that allow honey to survive without refrigeration or other preservatives which the folks over at SciShow have laid out in fascinating detail. Honey has some surprising properties including being a supersaturated solution which means that it literally sucks bacteria dry before they can flourish and potentially cause the consumer harm. It also contains an anti-bacterial protein that protects bees from harmful diseases. That’s right, bees are making us one of the most sterile substances on the planet. I guess we shouldn’t complain about a few stings.

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