Tag: science

  • The pill umbrella

    The pill umbrella

    Drug research went from the public to the private sector just before World War II, with the hope that economic incentive would enable more drug discoveries. Consumers would assume they would keep in mind common health interest, assuming they had humanitarian values… But it is not what has happened. Big pharmaceutical companies are driven by profit. They set…

  • The optical illusion of “the dress”

    The optical illusion of “the dress”

    The dress – Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dress The science behind the dress colour illusion – The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2015/feb/27/science-thedress-colour-illusion-the-dress-blue-black-gold-white This shoe is the most maddening optical illusion since “The dress” – CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/13/health/teal-gray-shoes-the-dress-optical-illusion-trnd/index.html