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Mental Phenomena Don’t Map Into the Brain as Expected | Quanta Magazine
Familiar categories of mental functions such as perception, memory and attention reflect our experience of ourselves, but they are misleading about how the brain works. More revealing approaches are emerging. Neuroscientists have tried to map various categories of mental function … Continue reading
Karaoke Lemurs and the Evolution of Music
[…] By giving some fossils a dental exam, we’ve learned more about how tusks first evolved. And humans aren’t the only primate that can get down at karaoke night. Hosted by: Hank Green […]
Seaweed-eating sheep could hold the key to reducing methane emissions
Animals on a remote Scottish island have a habit of munching on seaweed and it has inspired scientists that are tackling climate change. By Doloresz Katanich with AFP • Updated: 31/10/2021 Sheep on the remote Scottish island of North Ronaldsay have a unique diet consisting … Continue reading
What Does it Take to Make a Universe? – with Harry Cliff
What is matter really made of? How does the stuff around us escape annihilation in the fearsome heat of the Big Bang? And will we ever be able to understand the very first moments of our universe? Watch the Q&A: … Continue reading
Do we see reality as it is? | Donald Hoffman
Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman is trying to answer a big question: Do we experience the world as it really is … or as we need it to be? In this ever so slightly mind-blowing talk, he ponders how our minds … Continue reading
What will the world look like in 2050 if we reach carbon neutrality? | DW News
Many countries are aiming to reach carbon neutrality in 2050. The 2050s will be completely different from the 2020s. Let’s say we meet our climate goals and manage to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, which is what many … Continue reading
How Morocco Secretly Controls China, India, The United States, And the World
This is a farm in China, This is a Mcdonalds in New York, This is an apartment complex in Mumbai, And this is a skyscraper in London. What do all these have in common? Well as it turns out. All … Continue reading
Less is more: Why our brains struggle to subtract
When solving problems, humans tend to think about adding something before they think of taking something away – even when subtracting is the better solution. Experiments show that this newly discovered psychological phenomenon applies across a range of situations from … Continue reading
The Threat to Our Food Supply You Never Knew Existed
The European honey bees are crucial to our food systems, but they may soon be under threat from a microscopic pest. So what exactly is this threat? To learn more about other types of bees, make sure to check out … Continue reading
News | Where Did Domesticated Horses Come From?
New information has helped us understand where domestic horses came from. And by counting some tree rings, researchers were able to find evidence of Norse presence in the Americas in 1021 CE. Hosted by: Hank Green
