The McGurk Effect
We already knew that what we see isn't all that reliable (New Jersey Supreme Court, The Gorilla, etc.). Now it turns out that what we hear is really not all that reliable. Wicked!
Cannonball Tree!
Spotted this one just outside the Ravindra Kalakshetra in Bangalore . Its called the Cannonball Tree , but is - technically (i.e., in Latin, if thats your metier) - Couroupita Guianensis , or ನಾಗಲಿಂಗ ಪುಷ್ಪಾ in Kannada. The fruits look like Cannonballs (well, d-uh), and the flowers are really quite amazing, and pretty ludicrously distinctive...
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