Category Archives: Science

Re-Enchanting Science: Mystery and Interconnectedness within Nature | Hila Tzipora Chase | TEDxCUNY

How do we understand the relationship between our bodies and nature? What are the unknown and untouched forces that connect us all with the natural world? Join Hila as she weaves in and out of our conscious understanding of ourselves … Continue reading

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Why scientists are still fascinated by Phineas Gage

Phineas Gage is considered to be Patient Zero for traumatic brain injury. The story of Gage at the time was that his damaged brain rendered him a different, monstrous person. This wasn’t true. Recent studies demonstrate that an injured brain … Continue reading

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How humans disrupted a cycle essential to all life

Carbon cycles through earth at a steady pace. Plants and microorganisms absorb carbon, which helps them grow. Animals and bacteria eat the plants, breathe out carbon into the atmosphere, and take some carbon underground when they die. And a similar … Continue reading

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Empty Space is NOT Empty

An atom is mostly empty space, but empty space is mostly not empty. The reason it looks empty is because electrons and photons don’t interact with the stuff that is there, quark and gluon field fluctuations. It actually takes energy … Continue reading

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Why Is The Speed Of Light The Speed Of Light? | Answers With Joe

You may be familiar with the speed of light, but the reason it exists and how we discovered it is pretty fascinating.[…]

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Stephen Hawking’s last words to the humanity.

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What Time Feels Like When You’re Improvising – The neurology of flow states.

This article is part of Nautilus’ month-long exploration of the science and art of time. Read the introduction here: BY HEATHER BERLIN JUNE 7, 2018 Don’t look at the clock! Now tell me: How much time has passed since you … Continue reading

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The immortal cells of Henrietta Lacks – Robin Bulleri

Imagine something small enough to float on a particle of dust that holds the keys to understanding cancer, virology, and genetics. Luckily for us, such a thing exists in the form of trillions upon trillions of human, lab-grown cells called … Continue reading

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Can we eat to starve cancer? – William Li

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-we-eat-… William Li presents a new way to think about treating cancer and other diseases: anti-angiogenesis, preventing the growth of blood vessels that feed a tumor. The crucial first (and best) step: Eating cancer-fighting foods that cut … Continue reading

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3 Arguments Why Marijuana Should Stay Illegal Reviewed

 

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