Bees play by rolling wooden balls " apparently for fun. The cleaner wrasse fish appears to recognize its own visage in an underwater mirror. Octopuses seem to react to anesthetic drugs and will avoid settings where they likely experienced past pain. All three of these discoveries came in the last five years " indications that the more scientists test animals, the more they find that many species may have inner lives and be sentient. A surprising range of creatures have shown evidence of conscious thought or experience, including insects, fish and some crustaceans.
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When Team U.S.A.'s track & field athletes line up at the Paris Olympics this summer, you might wonder whether some of them are auditioning for a Baywatch reboot. On Thursday, Nike revealed the first look at the kits that U.S. track and field athletes will wear in Paris. And while the men's design looks pretty standard, the women's one-piece speed suit features a surprisingly high-cut bikini line that Instagram commenters immediately began ripping into.
#3 | Posted by truthhurts
I know this is way up for the original post but you are not the only one that sees it and some CLAIM that is God's Hand guiding the changes silly enough. A couple of my more favored "lighter" works on the insanity of the bible and the manipulation of the "holy" scripts are below. It starts essentially immediately and the Roman's wiped entire books because they didn't fit with the narrative the emperor wanted to instill in the religion he sought to control. The references in Ken's Guide to the Bible (very short work) is just fun for when I engage with certain Zealots.
Ken's Guide to the Bible by Ken Smith - Amazon
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart D. Ehrman - Amazon
A good journalistic read on cloud seeding from Time
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UAE meteorological officials say that their cloud seeding operations can increase rainfall by 10-30%, while Californian authorities' estimates for their own program sit at 5-10%. The Desert Research Institute (DRI), the state of Nevada's research group, says cloud seeding can increase seasonal precipitation by about 10%, while the World Meteorological Organization assessed in 2019 that the impacts of cloud seeding range from next to nothing to 20%. And success in producing rain depends significantly on atmospheric conditions such as wind and cloud temperatures.
#10 | Posted by oneironaut
You mean startups are on the ropes? I agree. But there is a growing list by not-a-startup companies - Car & Driver: Here's Every New Electric Vehicle Model for Sale in the U.S. for 2024
Keep in mind Tesla was still 56% of US EV sales last year.
I for one agree with them. I think just about anyone who is half way observant would agree. Even as a child I saw it in animals with a vertebrae. I couldn't understand why the adults didn't. Nature's a b---- though and the circle of life is cruel. But it is life. Consciousness, sentience, etc is something on different levels. I have seen the intelligence of Dogs, cats and even fish given in a human approximation in recent years. Scientist think Dolphins may be the smartest animals of all.
It always killed me people used to talk about the memory of a gold fish only being 3-seconds or something stupid like that. Anyone that has kept them knows better. Goldfish are pretty smart really. They are very trainable. Don't believe me? BBC - Oxford University: Goldfish do have good memories, scientists find