The Presurfer | Lying eyes

You have two eyes. Each eye sees a slightly different world. Put a finger in front of your face, switch from one eye open to the other and that finger will shift, just a little bit. But rather than walk around all day seeing in double vision, your brain pulls the world back into one-ness. Brains decide what we see. Kokichi Sugihara knows this better than anyone. He makes videos that trick your brain into seeing things that you know, you absolutely know, can't happen. Meer verstrooiing bij The Presurfer

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The Presurfer | Journal of rejection

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Did you write a book, an article, or a document? You can send your manuscript to the Journal of Universal Rejection. But remember, the founding principle of the Journal of Universal Rejection is rejection. That is to say, all submissions, regardless of quality, will be rejected.

After submitting your work, the Editor-in-Chief will reject it without even reading it. At other times your manuscript may be sent to anonymous referees. Unless they are the Editor-in-Chief’s wife or graduate school buddies, it is unlikely that the referees will even understand what is going on.

Doe het veilig met NordVPN

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Sargasso heeft privacy hoog in het vaandel staan. Nu we allemaal meer dingen online doen is een goede VPN-service belangrijk om je privacy te beschermen. Volgens techsite CNET is NordVPN de meest betrouwbare en veilige VPN-service. De app is makkelijk in gebruik en je kunt tot zes verbindingen tegelijk tot stand brengen. NordVPN kwam bij een speedtest als pijlsnel uit de bus en is dus ook geschikt als je wil gamen, Netflixen of downloaden.

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The Presurfer | Blobitecture

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They might perhaps be at risk of coming across like characters in a scene from a certain Monty Python film, but some people still insist on asking the question what have computers ever done for us?

One mooted answer could certainly be blobitecture (or, blobism, blobismus or blob architecture) for this architectural term could not have become reality without them.

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The Presurfer | Fly your own helicopter

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Fly in a Helicopter over Nimmo Bay Fishing & Wilderness Resort and a 150 mile track of the Beautiful British Columbia coastal mainland. Hover over pristine waterfalls, race down rivers and over oceans, explore 10,000 year old glaciers, forests, snow capped mountains reaching through clouds and amazing fishing spots secluded and hidden away from the world.

You can control the view of the camera the whole time. Look up, down, and completely behind you by clicking and dragging on the video once it is playing.

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The Presurfer | Mammoth

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Japanese researchers will launch a project this year to resurrect the long-extinct mammoth by using cloning technology to bring the ancient pachyderm back to life in around five years time. The researchers will try to revive the species by obtaining tissue this summer from the carcass of a mammoth preserved in a Russian research laboratory.

Under the plan, the nuclei of mammoth cells will be inserted into an elephant’s egg cell from which the nuclei have been removed, to create an embryo containing mammoth genes. The embryo will then be inserted into an elephant’s uterus in the hope that the animal will eventually give birth to a baby mammoth.

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Steun ons!

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De redactie van Sargasso bestaat uit een club vrijwilligers. Naast zelf artikelen schrijven struinen we het internet af om interessante artikelen en nieuwswaardige inhoud met lezers te delen. We onderhouden zelf de site en houden als moderator een oogje op de discussies. Je kunt op Sargasso terecht voor artikelen over privacy, klimaat, biodiversiteit, duurzaamheid, politiek, buitenland, religie, economie, wetenschap en het leven van alle dag.

Om Sargasso in stand te houden hebben we wel wat geld nodig. Zodat we de site in de lucht kunnen houden, we af en toe kunnen vergaderen (en borrelen) en om nieuwe dingen te kunnen proberen.

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The Presurfer | Streets om Monaco

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This could possibly be the world’s first billion dollar yacht. A UK yacht designer, Yacht Island Design, has drawn plans for a four-level, 500-ft. city on the sea called ‘Streets of Monaco, which is being modeled after the European enclave, a space for millionaires and billionaires alike.

On the top deck, there will be scaled-down versions of uber famous Monaco landmarks like the Hotel de Paris, Monte Carlo Casino, Café de Paris, Loews Hotel, and La Rascasse. The real pinchers are a fully-functional go-kart circuit track based on the Monoco Grand Prix race track, complete with a tunnel complex, and the submarine and helipad.

And not to mention, the standard multiple swimming pools, swim-in Jacuzzi bar, multi-use sports court for tennis and basketball, dance hall, spa and hair salon, and accommodations for 16 guests and 70 staff members. The main apartment for the yacht owner is spread over three floors and covers 4,800 sq. ft

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The Presurfer | Green spaceblob

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Green space blob

The Hubble Space Telescope has zoomed in on one of the most fascinating, yet mysterious, cosmic objects to be found in recent years. The green gaseous structure is known as Hanny’s Voorwerp (Hanny’s Object in Dutch) and its existence had astronomers confused for some time.

Discovered in 2007 by Hanny van Arkel, a Dutch schoolteacher participating in the Galaxy Zoo project, the object defied explanation. Now, Hubble has managed to capture a detailed view of the intergalactic oddity, revealing that it’s not just a dead cloud of gas being lit up by the dying embers of an ancient quasar, it’s showing signs of star birth.

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Lezen: Mohammed, door Marcel Hulspas

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Wie was Mohammed? Wat dreef hem? In deze vlot geschreven biografie beschrijft Marcel Hulspas de carrière van de de Profeet Mohammed. Hoe hij uitgroeide van een eenvoudige lokale ‘waarschuwer’ die de Mekkanen opriep om terug te keren tot het ware geloof, tot een man die zichzelf beschouwde als de nieuwste door God gezonden profeet, vergelijkbaar met Mozes, Jesaja en Jezus.

Mohammed moest Mekka verlaten maar slaagde erin een machtige stammencoalitie bijeen te brengen die, geïnspireerd door het geloof in de ene God (en zijn Profeet) westelijk Arabië veroverde. En na zijn dood stroomden de Arabische legers oost- en noordwaarts, en schiepen een nieuw wereldrijk.

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