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Vitamin D determines severity in COVID-19 so government advice needs to change, experts urge: Researchers point to changes in government advice in Wales, England and Scotland
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin are calling on the government in Ireland to change recommendations for vitamin D supplements. A new publication from Dr Eamon Laird and Professor Rose Anne Kenny, School of Medicine, and the Irish Longitudinal Study on … Continue reading
Leading Korean Coronavirus Expert Reacts To COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories | STAY CURIOUS #19
You need to watch our previous interviews with Professor Kim for context: Part 1 ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAk7a… Part 2 ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwoNP… Special thanks to Professor Woo-Joo Kim from Korea University Guro Hospital for sitting down with us again. Subscribe to his … Continue reading
For people in diverse areas, community identity supersedes racial, ethnic differences – ScienceBlog.com
In an increasingly polarized world, many see people who are different from them as “outsiders,” or even a threat. Yet, around the world, this tends to be more common in traditionally homogenous societies, according to a series of studies led by … Continue reading
Why do some COVID-19 patients infect many others, whereas most don’t spread the virus at all?
Large numbers of people working close together in a cold environment may make meatpacking plants fertile ground for the novel coronavirus. By Kai KupferschmidtMay. 19, 2020 , 5:25 PM Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center. … Continue reading
Does Your Mind Create The Universe? | Answers With Joe
In 2005, Robert Lanza introduced the theory of Biocentrism to the world. Using quantum mechanics and tests like the double-slit experiment, he argues that consciousness creates the universe and not the other way around.
The surprising history of hand-washing – BBC REEL
Until the mid-1800s, doctors didn’t wash their hands. They believed diseases were spread by bad smells. This is the story of doctor Ignaz Semmelweis, who in the 19th Century fought to convince his fellow doctors that washing their hands could … Continue reading
How Plants Caused the First Mass Extinction
Check out Journey to the Microcosmos: https://youtube.com/microcosmos In the middle of the Cambrian, life on land was about to get a little more crowded. And those newcomers would end up changing the world. The arrival of plants on land would … Continue reading
The Race to Develop a Coronavirus Treatment in 60 Days
As the novel coronavirus outbreak switched from epidemic to global pandemic, and COVID-19 continued to sweep across the globe, a team launched back in 2017 by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been working tirelessly toward safely developing … Continue reading
Why Are Conspiracy Theories So Appealing? | Dr David Grimes and Liv Boeree
It seems like many conspiracy theories — even the most extreme ones — are growing in popularity. To understand why, I chat with Dr David Grimes, physicist, cancer researcher and author of The Irrational Ape about the science behind belief-building … Continue reading
Flocking Behavior of Birds (Boids Algorithm) – Smarter Every Day 234
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GET SMARTER SECTION Read the website of the man that originally came up with the algorithm, Craig Reynolds http://www.red3d.com/cwr/boids/ Boids on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boids Experiment with the Boids Algorithm on Ben Eater’s website https://eater.net/boids ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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