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URscape Topologist
@pataphysician Dec 9, 2017, 4:38 AM UTC

Are my eyes really blue?

In Casablanca, Rick is called over to the table of Major Strasser, the diabolical Gestapo officer who’s been keeping a dossier on him. Rick glances at Strasser’s notebook and quips, "Are my eyes real…

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URscape Topologist
@pataphysician Dec 8, 2017, 3:45 AM UTC

High blood pressure? Pass the salt...

A friend of mine with high blood pressure was advised by his GP to reduce salt intake. That got me piqued, so I did some research. And what I found buried in all the medical research papers and schol…

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URscape Topologist
@pataphysician Dec 7, 2017, 2:11 AM UTC

2017—There be dragons…

2017 is an auspicious year in physics because we are 100 years on from 1917, the year physics found its mojo. So here’s a question: How has our understanding of the universe changed in the last centu…

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URscape Topologist
@pataphysician Dec 5, 2017, 12:59 AM UTC

How to keep your wits about you...

https://steemitimages.com/DQma4xTUPMnRrCbnguMnoUQV5g6vHGsZ1UGiGzFYhV9DaJT/screen-shot-2012-08-18-at-11-36-50-pm1.png It's common knowledge that you get smarter as you mature, reaching a point of maxi…

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URscape Topologist
@pataphysician Dec 3, 2017, 5:16 AM UTC

Why diets don't work: Starved brain cells eat themselves!

Being healthy is a good thing! With good physical tone you feel better—more energised, sharper of mind. You sleep better. You’re less prone to sickness and disease. You look better. We all want to be…

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URscape Topologist
@pataphysician Dec 3, 2017, 2:04 AM UTC

A pataphysical introduction

Hiya! I’m a professional researcher, sometimes essayist, sometimes designer, dabbling artist/musician and insatiable traveller/consumer of experiences. My background is in philosophy and the arts, an…

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URscape Topologist
@pataphysician Dec 2, 2017, 9:39 PM UTC

Fibonacci Unravelled

A galaxy! Trillions of stars whisked into a capricious spiral... We like to connect the dots, we humans. What does a whole galaxy have in common with a shell on the beach? Or a pine cone? And even mo…

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URscape Topologist

Are my eyes really blue?

High blood pressure? Pass the salt...

2017—There be dragons…

How to keep your wits about you...

Why diets don't work: Starved brain cells eat themselves!

A pataphysical introduction

Fibonacci Unravelled