February 2024 - The Evolution of Stuff

The Evolution of Meaning

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Meaning, purpose and identity is at the heart of existence. The idea that each thing has its own purpose, behaviour…

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It took around 600 million years for the eye to develop to see movement, form and then colour. Different organisms…

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Photons – the building blocks of light Colour is light. Light is photons. Photons are elementary particles with no mass…

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Taxonomy is the study of naming and defining biological organisms in order to group them together according to common characteristics.…

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Vertebrates make up a small number of total species alive today however they are dominant across various ecosystems and that…

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Oxygen is atomic number 8 on the periodic table and a highly reactive non-metal. It forms oxides easily with other…

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Murals date back thousands of years, to our early human ancestors living in caves and small tribes across the globe.…

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Mapping the celestial bodies The desire to know what is beyond our planet is a notion that encapsulated our earliest…

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The universe is 13.8 billion years old by current estimates. This might change as the James Webb telescope discovers more…

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Paint is essentially a pigment, a binder and a solvent with the occasional additives. Pigment colour depends on its chemical…

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Language is unique to humans and our ancestors. It isn’t entirely clear from the skeletal evidence of early hominines whether…