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Can Humans Breathe Liquid Like in The Abyss?

At the end of James Cameron’s 1989 underwater thriller The Abyss, oil rig diver Bud Brigman, played by Ed Harris, dons an experimental diving suit in which instead of air he breathes a special oxygenated liquid. This allows him to avoid the lethal effects of extreme water pressure and descend to the bottom of a… Read More »

7 Facts That Sum Up the Speed of Light

We use light daily—from the sun to grow crops, in our homes to illuminate rooms and workspaces, and in our cities and towns long after dark. For this reason, light is a highly studied subject, particularly in how fast these rays travel. But, to the layperson, the theories surrounding light can be a bit complicated.…… Read More »

In 1996 a physicist submitted…

In 1996 a physicist submitted a paper full of word salad and gibberish to a postmodernist journal and it actually passed peer review and was published. This is known as the Sokal Affair. “feminist and poststructuralist critiques have demystified the substantive content of mainstream Western scientific practice, revealing the ideology of domination concealed behind the… Read More »