What is crystal in physics is different than what people commonly refer to crystals. People will call basically any rock a crystal, especially one that looks nice. That’s fine, but in physics the reason crystals are distinct are because of what they can do. To be a crystal by the physics definition, the molecules have […]
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Paroptic vision is the alleged ability to see without the eyes. It first sounds like science fiction, but there is certainly a lot of attention and study on paroptic vision throughout the years, with varying degrees of conclusiveness. Some sources say that anyone who has claimed paroptic vision is simply lying, while others say it’s
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Luminescence is the property of a material to glow with its own light, but there are many types of luminescence with their own mechanisms of action. The word comes from the root lumen, meaning light. Often the light given off comes from absorbed light prior, but other times the light can come from the inner
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We have talked about optical illusions and temporal perception, now we’ll learn about temporal illusions too, such as “chronostasis”. Many are familiar with phrases like “time stands still” or “frozen in time.” But how real is this distorted perception of time stopping, and what can trigger it? Our sense is time is just as measurably
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In this article I attempt to synthesize all the the details only about the Strasbourg dancing plague of 1518. Since there are many dancing plagues throughout 700-1700 AD as well as many diverse theories on the origin of the phenomenon in general, this article fixates solely on the facts of one specific, most famous instance.
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