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10 Incredible Cutting-Edge Technologies In Development

As technology marches relentlessly on, everything goes into development sooner or later—as demonstrated by the existence of these things, which we’ll almost certainly see within our lifetimes. 10 Artificial Gills Inventors have long sought an underwater breathing apparatus that doesn’t store oxygen, but extracts it from the water the way gills do.

Israeli inventor Alon Bodner has come close. The device, aptly named LikeAFish, works by using a centrifuge to lower the pressure of water within an airtight chamber. Such a system would obviously allow for longer “bottom time” without the need for refilling oxygen and would decrease the amount of nitrogen the diver is exposed to. 9 Agricultural Robots Agricultural robotics are, somewhat surprisingly, still in their infancy. But the technology is coming along, and it’s easy to imagine it implemented on a wide-scale basis before too long. 10 Lesser Known Economic Issues. Politics While not an economist in the traditional sense, I am very interested in the study of economics.

10 Lesser Known Economic Issues

While not everyone shares this level of interest, I believe people should have an understanding of economics as the field is so important to understanding the world that we live in. Though this list contains ideas that are controversial, it is not intended to promote anger or controversy. Rather, these entries were chosen to shed some light on lesser known, yet important economic issues facing our world, and give readers something to ponder. Please give your opinions on these issues in the comments. 10 Mind-Blowing Theories That Will Change Your Perception of the World.

Reality is not as obvious and simple as we like to think.

10 Mind-Blowing Theories That Will Change Your Perception of the World

Some of the things that we accept as true at face value are notoriously wrong. Scientists and philosophers have made every effort to change our common perceptions of it. The 10 examples below will show you what I mean. 10 Mind-Blowing Theories That Will Change Your Perception of the World. 10 Mysterious Prehistoric Sites From Around The World. Miscellaneous In addition to the previous list on 10 Mysterious Prehistoric Sites in the British Isles, there hundreds of mysterious locations spanning the entire globe.

10 Mysterious Prehistoric Sites From Around The World

Some are similar to the ones we’ve mentioned already, featuring stone circles and other megalithic structures—and others are entirely unique. All of them are ancient—and they hint at the strong possibility that we don’t know anywhere near as much about our distant past as we think we do. The Carnac stones are a dense collection of more than three thousand standing stones around the French village of Carnac—the largest such collection in the world.

10 Profound Ways The World Will Change In Your Lifetime. Our World Society and culture can change beyond recognition in a lifetime—people with criminal convictions for homosexuality are today seeing gay marriage become legal.

10 Profound Ways The World Will Change In Your Lifetime

A bunch of you are reading this on a multifunctional device that would outperform any supercomputer from 20 years ago, and when you’re finished, you’ll put it in your pocket. The great physicist Niels Bohr is said to have written, “Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” As correct as that may be, the world will definitely evolve in the next few decades, and we’ve got a good idea just how some of those changes will play out. 10 Ways Our Minds Warp Time. How time perception is warped by life-threatening situations, eye movements, tiredness, hypnosis, age, the emotions and more… The mind does funny things to our experience of time.

10 Ways Our Minds Warp Time

Just ask French cave expert Michel Siffre. In 1962 Siffre went to live in a cave that was completely isolated from mechanical clocks and natural light. 100 Things I Want To Learn. One of my favourite songs by one of my favourite bands, The Van Pelt , is called “Let’s Make A List”. I love Chris Leo’s vocal delivery and the guitar line, but it’s the lyrics about frustrated teachers that really get me: let’s make a list so we can feel like we’re accomplishing something, so we can feel like we’re working together… I’m a big fan of making lists, especially as a creativity and brainstorming technique. List-making also has a tendency to come out as part of my writing style and has been a method for one of my 150 Things About Friendship. I often wonder whether I get more or less things done as a result of list-writing, but the act of making them is somewhat satisfying and meditative. Usually I just list my most immediate thoughts and ideas, rather than pushing through to a specific target amount.

11 Signs Someone Is Lying To You. New research by Dr.

11 Signs Someone Is Lying To You

Leanne ten Brinke, a forensic psychologist at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and her collaborators, suggests that our instincts for judging liars are actually fairly strong — but our conscious minds sometimes fail us. Luckily, there are signs we can look for when trying to detect a lie. Dr. Lillian Glass, a behavioral analyst and body language expert who has worked with the FBI on unmasking signals of deception, says when trying to figure out if someone is lying, you first need to understand how the person normally acts. Then you’ll want to pay careful attention to their facial expressions, body language, and speech patterns, she writes in her book ”The Body Language of Liars.” 117 Most beautiful words in the English language. 12 Dozen Places To Educate Yourself Online For Free. 13 Interesting Facts about Dreams. Dreaming is one of the most mysterious experiences in our lives.

13 Interesting Facts about Dreams

During the Roman Era, some dreams were submitted to the Roman Senate for analysis and dream interpretation. They were thought to be messages from the gods. Dream interpreters even accompanied military leaders into battles and campaigns! In addition we know, that many artists have received their creative ideas from their dreams. 14 Stories That Prove Animals Have Souls. 174,203 Things You Can Do Instead of Watching TV. 22 People Who Found Jesus In Their Food. 25 Common Items that Will Baffle Future Archeologists Article. 300+ Mind Expanding Documentaries You Can Watch Online.

40 Random Astonishing Facts To Increase Your Trivia. 40 Rare and Important Archaeological Finds of all time. “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”

40 Rare and Important Archaeological Finds of all time

The past can be both shocking and familiar. It’s common to say that human nature never changes – but it’s still possible for archaeology to surprise us, by pulling things from the ground which transform our conception of the past. 1. Rosetta Stone. 5 Math Equations That Change the Way You See the World. Trying to make math cool is like trying to make "not holding your breath for five minutes" cool: It already is, and anyone thinking otherwise struggles through life with significantly reduced mental abilities.

5 Math Equations That Change the Way You See the World

Anyone born into a world based entirely on numbers with little dollar signs in front of them, then deciding they don't need to know numbers, is volunteering to be a very small one adding up to someone else's very big one. Ryan McVay/Photodisc/Getty Images"Just 10 more short years, and you'll have that degree in Klingon paid off! " But accounting is to math what diapers are to biochemistry: dealing with the stinking mess left by some unfortunate and immature side effects of being alive while doing it.

50 Things Everyone Should Know. By Mark and Angel Self-reliance is a vital key to living a healthy, productive life. 50 Things Everyone Should Know How To Do. Self-reliance is a vital key to living a healthy, productive life. To be self-reliant one must master a basic set of skills, more or less making them a jack of all trades. Contrary to what you may have learned in school, a jack of all trades is far more equipped to deal with life than a specialized master of only one. While not totally comprehensive, here is a list of 50 things everyone should know how to do. Edit: Do you like this post image? 50 Unbelievable Facts About Earth.

6 Baffling Discoveries That Science Can’t Explain. For those who don’t get to the bottom, the source of the article is cracked.com. It is posted here with many edits. Edits made were edits to remove opinion, swearing, vulgar comments and racism from the originial article so that it would be more acceptable for our audience. Original article sourced twice for those who want to see the full. 6 Factors That Secretly Influence Who You Have Sex With.

69 Awesome Brain Hacks That Give You Mind-Blowing Powers. #49. You Can Tell How Much Someone Drinks From Their Eye Color. 7 Books We Lost to History That Would Have Changed the World. 7 Books We Lost to History That Would Have Changed the World. The vast majority of the knowledge humans have assembled over the centuries, has been lost. 7 Insane Ways Music Affects The Body (According to Science) 7 Lost Bodies of Work (That Would Have Changed Everything)

The Rest of the Canterbury Tales Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is one of--if not the--seminal work of English literature, written by an author second only to William Shakespeare in influence on the English language (particularly when it came to fart jokes). 7 of the Weirdest Human Enigmas. MOST KIDS love reading the color funny papers on Sundays. 7 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Outbreak Would Fail (Quickly) 9 Overlooked Technologies That Could Transform The World. A long anthropological debate may be on the cusp of resolution. Are You a Cat Person or a Dog Person? Forget baby fever. Book of Enoch. Cannabis and Cannabinoids (PDQ®)

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