Tag: DNews
Visual, or optical, illusions show us that our minds tend to make assumptions about the world – and what you think you see is often not the truth. Throughout history, curious minds have questioned why our eyes are so easily fooled by these simple drawings. Illusions, we have found, can reveal everything from how we process time and space to our experience of consciousness. Here’s why… #opticalillusions
As women age, their sex drive can decrease significantly. Have doctors found a pill that can relight a woman’s sexual desire? On 3 and 4 June, the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) will convene an advisory panel to recommend whether Flibanserin – touted as the “female Viagra” – should be approved for use in patients. The question is divisive, however – with strong arguments for and against.
In Star Wars, the planet Tatooine has two suns. Is a double sunset a work of fiction, or is a binary star system possible? Julia Wilde of DNews provides the answer.
Last weekend a 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated Nepal. Why did it happen? In this short video, Julia Wilde of DNews describes the science behind earthquakes.
Dimensions are complicated, and wrapping your mind around how many there are can give you a headache. Trace explains everything you should know about them.
