Colourizing The Universe
Introduction It may come as a shock to some of you that all images received from space telescopes are black and white. They are colourized later. But first, let\’s understand …
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AI Bias Against Skin Colours
Intro It might be a source of contentment for some that artificial intelligence (AI) has crept into and added convenience into our lives such as self-driving cars and robot vacuum …
The Neuroscience of Colour Perception
Introduction Neuroscience is a rapidly-advancing field which concerns the sciences that deal with the structure or function of our nervous system and brain. New discoveries about how we live, what …
Colour in the Microbial World
Bacterial Pigments, Survivability, Implications, and Applications Introduction Colour in the microscopic world differs greatly from colour in the macroscopic world in its purpose. In the macroscopic world it is used …
Hearing and tasting colours: the multisensory mystery of synaesthesia
For around 4% of the population, the concept of colour is much more than a stimulation of photoreceptor cells: those who experience synaesthesia are able to hear colours, or associate …
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Stars and their Colours
Abstract Stars are often described in terms of their colour. Sentences like “Betelguese is a Red Supergiant” and “The Sun is a Yellow Dwarf” paint an image, but there is …