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Brain Post: How Long Are You Contagious With The Flu?

This flu season has been one of the worst in many years. You don’t want this flu. The flu is a virus. So, how long are you contagious with the flu, anyway? Check out the video above to find out.

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The Brains | February 22, 2018
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464 Earthquakes in One Week in Yellowstone National Park Last Week

Yellowstone National Park, MT/WY/ID has been pounded by earthquakes recently.  A swarm of 464 earthquakes between June 12th and June 19th. On June 15th, Yellowstone saw a 4.5-magnitude earthquake. “The epicenter of the shock was located in Yellowstone National Park, eight miles north-northeast of the town of West Yellowstone, Montana. The earthquake was [reportedly] felt in the towns of West […]

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The Brains | June 20, 2017
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SCIENTISTS: Lake Tahoe Sees Record-Breaking Year in 2015 | Not In A Good Way…

Lake Tahoe had a record breaking year this year and not in a good way.  UC Davis released their “Tahoe: State of the Lake Report” yesterday and many of the results are disturbing. Highlights of the “State of the Lake Report”: Lake Tahoe’s clarity was down to 73.1-feet, down 4.8-feet from the previous year Lake Tahoe precipitation was less than […]

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The Brains | July 29, 2016
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NASA: “Mega-Canyons” Discovered Beneath Glaciers of Greenland Never Seen by Humans

Glaciers generally move slow.  Greenland’s glaciers have been moving extremely fast (up to 11-miles per year).  The Sermeq Kujalleq glacier (aka Jakobshavn Isbræ glacier) in Greenland is the fastest flowing glacier in the world. Why? NASA decided to investigate the topography beneath the glaciers of Greenland with radio frequencies to find answers.  Michael Cooper and colleagues from Bristol’s School of Geographical […]

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The Brains | June 30, 2016
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Patagonia Study: Fleece Jackets are Major Polluters of Earth’s Waters

Patagonia just funded a study to determine if the microfibers from fleece jackets (which are made of plastic) contaminate marine environments.  The results came back with a resounding yes.  Yes they do. The study was performed by the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).  The study found that in the process of laundering fleece […]

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The Brains | June 26, 2016
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VIDEO: Mount St. Helens, WA Dome Growth Time-Lapse is Nuts

Video = Mount St. Helens dome growth from 2004-2008. Just last Wednesday, May 18th, was the 36th anniversary of the Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption.   1980 Mount St. Helens eruption: 57 people killed 80,000-foot tall ash column deposited ash in 11 states Hundreds of square miles were turned into wasteland $3 billion in damages 

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The Brains | May 21, 2016
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Brain Post: Space-X Lands Rocket on Drone Ship at Sea on 5th Try Yesterday

SpaceX just landed a rocket at sea Breaking: Watch the historic SpaceX rocket landing at sea. Posted by The Verge on Friday, April 8, 2016 *** “SpaceX has finally landed its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship at sea, after launching the vehicle into space this afternoon. It’s the first time the company has been able to pull off an […]

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The Brains | April 9, 2016
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VIDEO: Iceberg Size of 2 Manhattan’s About To Break Off of Antarctica…

That's one big ice shelf. Posted by I fucking love science on Sunday, March 20, 2016 An iceberg larger than 2 Manhattan’s is about to break off of Antarctica. The Nansen Iceshelf has developed a big crack and its about to go. After the iceshelf goes, the glaciers behind it will begin to deteriorate.   Things are changing in Antarctica. […]

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The Brains | March 20, 2016
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VIDEO: The Discovery of Gravitational Waves Explained

In two sentences, this is why the discovery of Gravitational Waves is so huge: Now that we can detect Gravitational Waves we’ll be able to see things we’ve never seen before.  We’ll be able to see black holes, we’ll be able to see deeper into space, we’ll be able to look back in time – we might even be able to […]

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The Brains | February 12, 2016
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VIDEO: The White Moose of Sweden

How freakin’ cool would it be to see a white moose?  These don’t come around very often. Cool for us, not as cool for the moose.  Being an albino is a major disadvantage in nature. According to one study (Esteve, J.V.; Jeffery, G 1998) “”Squirrels are the only known albino mammal to survive successfully in the wild.”  These guys might […]

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The Brains | February 9, 2016
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New Hi-Res NASA Photos & Video of the Mountains of Pluto are Stunning

NASA’s piano-sized New Horizons spacecraft has sent back the sharpest ever views of Pluto’s mountains obtained on it’s July flyby.  Humans may not see photos this close-up of Pluto again for decades.  “These new images give us a breathtaking, super-high resolution window into Pluto’s geology.” – New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern, of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. […]

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The Brains | December 5, 2015
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Brain Post: 8 Signs You’re Smarter Than Average

Business Insider has put together this simple list of things smarter than average people do.  It’s pretty fascinating.  How many do you do? What do smart people have in common? Researchers have seen patterns in everything from choice of pet to height. Check out the graphic below to see what other things they have in common. (Note that correlation does not imply […]

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The Brains | November 30, 2015
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