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Hinode: source of the slow solar wind and superhot flares (video) Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
A plethora of latest results from the Hinode solar observatory contains a wealth of new discoveries. This includes the discovery of a source of the slow solar wind and the observation of a superhot micro flare.
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Why Time Seems to Slow Down in Emergencies Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
In The Matrix, the hero Neo could dodge bullets because time moved in slow motion for him during battles. Indeed, in the real world, people in danger often feel as if time slowed down for them. This warping of time apparently does not result from the brain speeding up from adrenaline when in danger. Instead, this feeling seems to be an illusion, scientists now find.
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Green tea may slow prostate cancer Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
Green tea may help slow the advance of prostate cancer, claim researchers.
Men with the disease who consumed the active ingredients found in green tea had lower levels of markers that predict its progress, a US study has found.
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Slow reading in dyslexia tied to disorganized brain tracts Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Dyslexia marked by poor reading fluency — slow and choppy reading — may be caused by disorganized, meandering tracts of nerve fibers in the brain, according to researchers. Their study, using the latest imaging methods, gives researchers a glimpse of what may go wrong in the structure of some dyslexic readers’ brains that makes it difficult to integrate the information needed for rapid, “automatic” reading.
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Quantum doughnuts slow and freeze light at will Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
Research led by the University of Warwick has found a way to use doughnut shaped by-products of quantum dots to slow and even freeze light, opening up a wide range of possibilities from reliable and effective light based computing to the possibility of "slow glass".
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Poisonous Primate - The Slow Loris Posted: 5 months ago by pocksucket
Being the only primate to produce venom doesn't make life easy for the Slow Loris. Superstition, ruthless traders and an inevitable lack of speed mean their prospects for a long and easy life are not good.
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Eating less meat may slow climate change Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Eating less meat could help slow global warming by reducing the number of livestock and thereby decreasing the amount of methane flatulence from the animals.
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Slow Motion Bullets Posted: 3 years ago by shredtone
Lots of different slow motions clips of bullets firing and hitting their targets.
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Slow Motion Tank Round Posted: 3 years ago by shredtone
Great slow motion footage of a tank firing a round and following it along it's path. Interesting to see how much of its is actually spinning while it's in flight.
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What's the hurry? Try slow travel Posted: 3 years ago by suebe
Slow down, you move too fast. Try to make that vacation last.
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Man stabs girlfriend over slow cooking Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
"I was going to stab her a little bit, only once,'' he said.
Is it so bad that I found this funny?
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Bullets shattering things in super slow motion Posted: 3 years ago by jaxomlotus
ever thought "Hey, what would it be like if I shot my fishtank?" Or "I really NEED to shoot this tomato soup."
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Stopping atoms Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
With atoms and molecules in a gas moving at thousands of kilometres per hour, physicists have long sought a way to slow them down to a few kilometres per hour to trap them.
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Slow Motion Water Balloon NOT Popping Posted: 3 years ago by shredtone
This is yet another high-speed video of a water balloon, but this time it doesn't pop. Still looks just as cool.
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Multitasking Makes You Stupid and Slow Posted: 2 years ago by Bornbad
Neuroscience is confirming what we all suspect: Multitasking is dumbing us down and driving us crazy.
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'Jelly balls' may slow global warming Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Vast numbers of marine "jelly balls" now appearing off the Australian east coast could be part of the planet's mechanism for combating global warming.
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Magnetic self-assembly in slow motion Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
90 1/8" small magnets arranged in a 9x10 matrix with a larger magnet brought close. Beautiful self-assembly occurs.
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Humans in Slow Motion: Expanding the Instantaneous Posted: 10 months ago by Bornbad
Punches, Slaps, Pats, Thwacks. Dr. David G. Alciatore dissects each second up to 10,000x, revealing surprises.
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New Note Played In Longest Ever Concert Posted: 10 months ago by pocksucket
The curtain went up on a performance of John Cage's As Slow As Possible in Halberstadt in 2001 and yesterday a new note was played. There are another 631 years to go.
Imagine the queue for the toilets at the interval.
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Slow escape cramps robbery Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
A 45-year-old man in a wheelchair allegedly robbed a Space Coast Credit Union branch on Merritt Island Friday afternoon and hid the loot in his prosthetic leg.
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