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What We Can Learn from 5 Times Rivers Ran Backward
Usually, you can count on a river to flow in one direction, but some things can make it reverse course. Aside from being weird and surprising, these river reversals can often reflect geological changes and have long-lasting impacts on the … Continue reading
…And We’ll Do it Again
Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources… This video is part of the TRESCA project to get more visit https://trescaproject.eu/ This video was produced with funding received from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 872855. … Continue reading
The Past, Present, and Future of Human Evolution | Compilation
Humanity has changed a lot since the days of our ancestral species, and we have continued evolution to look forward to as well. Hosted by: Hank Green […]
The Mystery of Snowflakes
Dr Ken Libbrecht is the world expert on snowflakes, designer of custom snowflakes, snowflake consultant for the movie Frozen – his photos appear on postage stamps all over the world. This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 200 people … Continue reading
David Wallace-Wells · Ten Million a Year: Dying to Breathe · LRB 2 December 2021
4886 words Not all deaths are created equal. In February 2020, the world began to panic about the novel coronavirus, which killed 2714 people that month. This made the news. In the same month, around 800,000 people died from the … Continue reading
Are Viruses Alive? – with Carl Zimmer
Are viruses alive or are they lifeless packages of protein and nucleic acid? Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/-LUQTjdHYNo Carl’s book “Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive” is available now – https://geni.us/zimmer Countless scientists around the world … Continue reading
How Our Brains Learn Consciousness
[…] Neuroscience is abound with debates over the nature of consciousness. Which makes sense, because it’s a very abstract idea. We know we are conscious, but theories of why, how and what brain activity causes it are still simply that: … Continue reading
Plants May One Day Provide Nickel for Your EV Battery
Agro-mining is the process of growing plants that absorb metals from the ground. The science is solid, but will this innovation ever be scalable enough to reduce traditional, destructive mining practices? Presented by Sabic. […]
What tumors eat — and how to poison them | Dr. Christal Sohl | TEDxTulsaCC
Dr. Christal Sohl discusses her cutting-edge research on cancer metabolism using easily understood imagery and metaphors, while sharing the personal stories that inspire her and other scientists to fight cancer with urgency and determination. Dr. Christal Sohl first fell … Continue reading
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