Monday, November 27, 2023

Big Picture Science for Nov. 27, 2023 - In Living Color







Big Picture Science - In Living Color

REPEAT
The world is a colorful place, and human eyes have evolved to take it in – from vermillion red to bright tangerine to cobalt blue. But when we do, are you and I seeing the same thing?

Find out why color perception is a trick of the brain, and why you and I may not see the same shade of green. Or blue. Or red. Also, platypuses and the growing club of fluorescent mammals, and the first new blue pigment in more than two centuries.

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This repeat podcast originally aired on March 8, 2021


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