Brain Post: Why Do Leaves Change Color in the Fall? It was officially the first day of fall last week, which can only mean one thing; winter’s coming! And as the temperatures drop and the seasons change, we get to revel in the beauty of the fall colors. The mixtures of red, purple, orange, and yellow are the result of processes that take place in the tree as the seasons […] Brains The Brains | September 23, 2021 2 Comments
The Brain Science Behind Flow States If you’ve ever skied powder or pushed your athletic ability in an action sport – or even played on a sports team – you’ve more than likely experienced a flow state. A flow state is only accessed when you are completely focused and in the zone, often when risk or consequence is involved. It produces a feeling that conquers all […] Brains Martin Kuprianowicz | June 29, 2021 3 Comments
Study Finds Avalanche Victims With Long Burial Times (≥60 Min) Have Only 19% Chance of Survival Surviving an avalanche burial is completely correlated with burial time. As a rule of thumb, the longer someone’s been buried the lower the chance of survival. A recent study has been published where researchers looked at all completely buried avalanche victims with a burial duration of ≥60 min between 1997 and 2018 in Switzerland, and drew conclusions from the retrospective data. […] Avalanche AvyBrains | June 11, 2021 0 Comments
What is Graupel? And Why Do Skiers Love It? Graupel: those soft, little hail-looking snowballs that fall from the sky during storms and make the ski conditions awesome. They’re not quite snowflakes and not quite hail pellets—so what are they? The World Atlas defines graupel as such: “Graupel, also referred to as snow pellets or soft hail, is a form of precipitation which forms when super-cooled droplets of water […] Brains WeatherBrains | May 24, 2021 0 Comments
NOAA and Communities to Map Heat Inequities in 11 states In summer 2021, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and partners will be mapping urban heat and heat inequities in cities in 11 states to help shed light on urban hot spots across the nation. NOAA wrote in a Facebook post detailing the project: “Cities are hot. And yet, even within the same city, some neighborhoods can be up […] Weather WeatherBrains | April 22, 2021 0 Comments
Denali National Park, Alaska: Muldrow Glacier Experiencing Rare Geologic Surge Event Denali National Park, Alaska – Denali’s 39-mile long Muldrow Glacier runs from Denali’s northeastern slope and eventually flows to the McKinley River. The glacier is now experiencing a geologic phenomenon known as a surge. According to the National Park Service, a glacial surge is: “…a short-lived, cyclical event where ice within a glacier advances suddenly and substantially, sometimes moving at […] Brains Dominic Gawel | April 15, 2021 0 Comments
How Mushrooms Can Eliminate Plastic Waste, Save the Bees, and Benefit Humanity Nature is unfathomably mysterious. The Earth is a living organism, and there’s so much we still don’t even know about it. Poetically, however, it may die that way, too. That is unless we put differences aside and assume the courage to actually do something about it. I know you’ve heard something along these lines before, and that last sentence probably […] Brains Martin Kuprianowicz | April 15, 2021 1 Comment
Brain Post: Why is Snow White? Snow is made of water, which appears totally clear and not as any specific color—so why is snow white? The answer to this mysterious question is simpler than you may think and has to do with the science of how we percieve it. Related: The Art & Science of Snowflakes Science tells us that snow is frozen water, or a […] Brains Martin Kuprianowicz | January 28, 2021 0 Comments
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