Some Sciency Ponderings
Some Sciency Ponderings

Some Sciency Ponderings

Hi! I'm a science enthusiast hoping to spread some entertaining content to this community! Hope you enjoy!


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28 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments ThinkingRed

Our brains can recognize and convert numbers to letters pretty quickly automatically for the same reason that we can decipher messy handwriting. When we read, we process words and letters in a few steps; firstly, when reading a longer phrase, certain...

An Example of AI's Positive Role

24 Nov 2020 2 minute read 0 comments ThinkingRed

  Over the past century, AI has risen to stardom after its numerous appearances in big-budget films and best-selling books. However, movies focus on evil uses of AI when, in reality, AI has been a very beneficial tool. Take the recent Covid-19 outbr...

Best Campus Meme - Spinach Heart

21 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments ThinkingRed

In 2017, a team from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) grew a heart on the leaf of spinach. No, you didn't read that wrong. Here's how and why. Firstly, why. Organ transplants have become much more common nowadays but with the influx of people n...

5 (real) Reasons Why the Chicken Crossed the Road

20 Nov 2020 3 minute read 2 comments ThinkingRed

  We've all heard the classic answer to this anti-humorous "joke" where the most common answer is simply, "to get to the other side." Perhaps you've even heard a few more funny versions of it where there's actually a punchline. But in reality, do ch...