Category Archives: Science

To Infinity And Beyond | A Podcast Of Unnecessary Detail on Acast

In the final episode of this series, Steve gives faint stars the side-eye, Helen sings a relatively short song about relativity and Matt gives a standing ovation to the desktop calculator that rerouted a space probe. Up, up and away! … Continue reading

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Did An Ancient Pathogen Reshape Our Cells?

There is one – and only one – group of mammals that doesn’t have alpha-gal: the catarrhine primates, which are the monkeys of Africa and Asia, the apes, and us. […]

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Nature’s response to urban sprawl | DW Documentary

It’s a new and surprising chapter in the theory of evolution. According to recent studies, it’s in our cities, of all places, that animals and plants adapt particularly quickly to changing living conditions. Nature’s response to the spread of cities … Continue reading

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The true story behind Carl Sagan’s cult classic, Contact | Jill Tarter for Big Think

Do aliens dream about meeting us, too? Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up Next ► Michio Kaku: The laws of physics doom Planet Earth https://youtu.be/TvnUZbp8lPE When we first started exploring space, we only knew about the eight … Continue reading

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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Birds

This summer, we partnered with Nate Senner of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Tebughna School in Beluga, Alaska to make this series of videos all about how, why, and where birds migrate. We had so much fun making these … Continue reading

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How Two Physicists Unlocked the Secrets of Two Dimensions

Condensed matter physics is the most active field of contemporary physics and has yielded some of the biggest breakthroughs of the past century. But as rapidly as technology has advanced, scientists have only scratched the surface. Now for the first … Continue reading

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What Physicists Don’t Want You to Know About Quantum Mechanics | a Dr. Fatima Video Essay

what’s the deal with objectivity? References: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j…

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Tai-Danae Bradley: Where math meets language | 3b1b Podcast #5

Tai-Danae Bradley does research applying tools from physics to understanding language models, all under the broader umbrella of category theory. She is also the brilliant mind behind the blog https://www.math3ma.com/ Try out the episode sponsor: http://brilliant.org/3b1b Guide to Tai-Danae’s thesis: … Continue reading

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 The fastest way to empty a bottle. 🍾 | H0W_THlNGS_W0RK 

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Could we ACTUALLY grow potatoes on Mars? | OVERTHINKING The Martian

[…] 00:00 – Introduction 01:07 – Is it possible to grow crops in Martian soil? 03:23 – Is human waste as a fertiliser a good idea? (NOPE) 07:16 – What about Mars’ different gravity? 11:30 – Outro 11:52 – Brilliant … Continue reading

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