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2026-08-10

  • Why Are Rivers So Mathematical?

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    A simple scaling law brings order to the chaos of flowing water, rock, and sediment. New findings have extended the law even further. The post Why Are Rivers So Mathematical? first appeare...

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  • How Does Touch Lead To Pain Or Pleasure?

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    Neuroscientist Ishmail Abdus-Saboor discusses efforts to understand how skin contact can be painful or pleasurable, and what touch-obsessed naked mole rats might teach us about human social behavior....

2026-08-05