The universe has 17 fundamental particles. Or 995.5

How many fundamental particles are in the universe? The answer depends on what you choose to count — and it might not even be a whole number.

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Coriolis Effect ✍️

It explains why objects moving across a rotating world seem to curve from their straight path, even when no visible force pushes them sideways. Imagine throwing a ball straight across a spinning merry-go-round. To someone standing still outside, the ball travels in a straight line. But to someone riding the spinning platform, the ball appears to bend away from its path.

The same thing happens on Earth because our planet is constantly rotating beneath everything that moves. Air currents, ocean flows, and even long-range projectiles travel over a surface that is turning while they move. This creates the illusion of a sideways force, known as the Coriolis effect.

In the Northern Hemisphere, moving objects appear to bend to the right, while in the Southern Hemisphere they bend to the left. The effect grows stronger over larger distances and faster motions, but becomes almost unnoticeable in small, everyday movements.

Scientists use this effect to understand the spinning of hurricanes, the paths of trade winds, and the circulation of oceans. It reveals that motion is not always as simple as it seems when the ground beneath us is constantly in motion itself.

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7.8. And you're reading that number wrong.

A number on the seismic scale is not a number on a ruler. The human brain was never built to read this kind of scale.

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A Human Language Gene Was Inserted Into Mice And Strange Things Unfolded 

https://onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026/06/05/a-human-language-gene-was-inserted-into-mice/

🚀 HOW ARTEMIS II FELL FROM SPACE IN JUST ~14 MINUTES: THE SCIENCE THAT LEFT THE WORLD IN AWE

https://vinculum223466653.wordpress.com/2026/04/12/%f0%9f%9a%80-how-artemis-ii-fell-from-space-in-just-14-minutes-the-science-that-left-the-world-in-awe/

🥳 The 10th edition of the EPFL final of the My Thesis in 180 Seconds competition will take place on March 19!

The 14 PhD Students finalists of the competition My Thesis in 180 seconds (MT180) will present their research in simple, straightforward terms in 3 minutes exactly, in English or in French, using humour, metaphores and examples.

A free event not to be missed, offering plenty of science and fun.

➡️ https://memento.epfl.ch/event/finale-epfl-du-concours-ma-these-en-180-secondes/

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