Ispectrum Magazine Ispectrum Magazine #09 | Page 2

CONTENTS Features 19 31 03 The Great Varna Culture and the Dawn of Civilization in Europe 07 The Rise of the Varna Culture 12 Grave 43 16 The End of the Varna Culture 19 Teenager Invents Ocean Cleaning Device INTERVIEW WITH bOYAN sLAT 23 The Ocean Cleanup project 26 How to cleanup the Great Pacific Garbage Patch 31 Why we believe what we want to believe 32 Wason’s experiment 34 Information bias 39 Confirmation bias 42 STRANGE FACTS ABOUT PLACEBOS THAT WILL SURPRISE YOU INTERVIEW WITH DR. IRVING KIRSCH 44 Response Expectancy Theory 48 Nocebo effect 3 42 49 1 49 Pollinators and pesticides:How can we improve the bleak situation of our bees? 53 The risk of neonics on pollinators 55 Spider-venom biopesticide