Really Interesting Part Of The Book I Just Started Reading

The Myth of Dreamless Sleep

Consciousness never "switches off" because it isn't generated by the brain. Its sensory inputs can be switched off - during sleep or general anesthesia, for instance - but your consciousness is still there. For example, a small but consistent number of patients report out-of-body experiences (OOBEs) or near-death experiences (NDEs) while under general anesthesia. As someone with REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD) I can attest to this, since I act out dreams that occur during the non-REM phases of sleep.

ScienceAlert

We Were Wrong About Consciousness Disappearing in Dreamless Sleep, Say Scientists

When it comes to dreamlessness, conventional wisdom states that consciousness disappears when we fall into a deep, dreamless sleep.  But res

Ammonite fossil, 45 - 60 mm

Watch "One Man's Mission to Unveil Math's Beauty" on YouTube

Reminder that your notes don't need to look perfect, you just need to be able to learn from them

from letterarii

The incredibly stunning Port Jackson Shark, which lives on coastal reefs in Australia

Though it can be solitary it prefers to stay in small groups and explore the sea floor with its friends

What I love most about this shark is how surreal it looks due to the patterns of its skin

It is friendly and curious of people

An oviparous shark, it lays spiral eggs to keep the current from dragging babies into the open ocean

Probably the coolest shark jaw I’ve ever seen, most of its teeth are round and flat in order to crush clams and mollusks

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TwistedSifter

New Radar Technology Discovers Huge Ancient Maya Civilization That Covers Over 650 Square Miles

This is a major find!

Archaeologists believe that around 417 cities, towns, and villages made up the unified civilization.

Remains of architectural forms and patterns, ceramics, sculptural art, architectural patterns, and unifying causeway constructions.

The magnitude of the labor int he construction of massive platforms, palaces, dams, causeways, and pyramids dating to the Middle and Late Preclassic periods, suggests a power to organize thousands of workers.

i miss these kinds of visuals for websites. RIP