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  2. Blue - Wikipedia

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    Blue-pigmented organelles, known as "cyanosomes", exist in the chromatophores of at least two fish species, the mandarin fish and the picturesque dragonet. [42] More commonly, blueness in animals is a structural colouration; an optical interference effect induced by organized nanometre-sized scales or fibres.

  3. Impossible color - Wikipedia

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    For example, to see "stygian blue": staring at bright yellow causes a dark blue afterimage, then on looking at black, the blue is seen as blue against the black, also as dark as the black. The color is not possible to achieve through normal vision, because the lack of incident light (in the black) prevents saturation of the blue/yellow ...

  4. The Missing Shade of Blue - Wikipedia

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    The Missing Shade of Blue" is an example introduced by the Scottish philosopher David Hume to show that it is at least conceivable that the mind can generate an idea without first being exposed to the relevant sensory experience. It is regarded as a problem by philosophers because it appears to stand in direct contradiction to what Hume had ...

  5. Structural coloration - Wikipedia

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    The brilliant iridescent colors of the peacock's tail feathers are created by structural coloration, as first noted by Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke.. Structural coloration in animals, and a few plants, is the production of colour by microscopically structured surfaces fine enough to interfere with visible light instead of pigments, although some structural coloration occurs in combination ...

  6. Review: Nature and human nature mingle in the beguiling 'Evil ...

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    The films of Ryusuke Hamaguchi unspool with elegant everyday ease and yet anything can happen.. Lives take sudden detours. Seemingly minor characters become primary ones. People are brought ...

  7. Blue rose - Wikipedia

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    A blue rose is a flower of the genus Rosa (family Rosaceae) that presents blue-to-violet pigmentation instead of the more common red, white, or yellow, through use of artificial means such as dyes. Blue roses are often used to symbolize mystery or the unattainable, [ 1 ] since they do not exist in nature because of genetic limitations.

  8. The Clitoris And The Body - The Huffington Post

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    From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.

  9. Cyanobacteria - Wikipedia

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    The name "cyanobacteria" (from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos) 'blue') refers to their bluish green color, [8] [9] which forms the basis of cyanobacteria's informal common name, blue-green algae, [10] [11] [12] although as prokaryotes they are not scientifically classified as algae.