Category Archives: Science

Evolution’s Hidden Wildcard: The Single-Cell Bottleneck

#Evolution, #Darwin, #Mystery The paper this video is based on can be found here: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas… The zygote is a single cell with half its DNA from the mother, and half from the father. Why is it that we gamble everything … Continue reading

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Great Mysteries of Physics 5: will we ever have a fundamental theory of life and consciousness? | The Conversation

metamorworks/Shutterstock Life may be using quantum mechanics to its advantage. What’s the difference between a living collection of matter, such as a tortoise, and an inanimate lump of it, such as a rock? They are, after all, both just made … Continue reading

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Ctenophore: Scientists identify jellyfish-like animal as the oldest living creature on Earth | CBBC

Experts believe they first emerged up to 700 million years ago – compared to dinosaurs which only appeared around 230 million years ago. Scientists in America have discovered the oldest living creature on our planet. Experts have confirmed that it … Continue reading

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You can slow down aging with zero weird tricks | Dr Morgan Levine

Former Yale professor Morgan Levine explains how to calculate your ‘bio age’ to live longer. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► / @bigthink Up next, Michio Kaku: How to reverse aging ► • Michio Kaku: How … How old … Continue reading

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Nobel Prize-winning scientist defines life | Paul Nurse

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Paul Nurse defines the 5 core principles of life. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► / @bigthink Up next, You can slow down aging with zero weird tricks ► • You can slow down… What is … Continue reading

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Skeptic Check: Shroom with a View | Big Picture Science

Monday, May 15, 2023 – 09:00 Magic mushrooms – or psilocybin – may be associated with tripping hippies and Woodstock, but they are now being studied as new treatments for depression and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. Is this Age of … Continue reading

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Is it normal to talk to yourself?

Dig into the psychological benefits of positive self-talk, and find out when it can become problematic. — Being caught talking to yourself can feel embarrassing, and some people even stigmatize this behavior as a sign of mental instability. But decades … Continue reading

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What if You Were Born 50 Years Earlier?

The Michael Shermer Show # 349 There are currently six generations: • Silents, born 1925–1945 • Baby Boomers, born 1946–1964 • Gen X, born 1965–1979 • Millennials, born 1980–1994 • Gen Z, born 1995–2012 • Polars, born after 2012 They … Continue reading

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Life might be more common in the universe than we thought

[…] What do we know about the origins of life? From the formation of the solar system to microbes evolving into bipedal mammals with opposable thumbs, today we will look over the four major theories about how life began. 💌 … Continue reading

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Emergence | New Scientist 

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