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What Exactly Is White Noise? | Mental Floss
Your favorite ASMR playlist probably isn’t true white noise—or brown noise or pink noise, for that matter. When people mention white noise these days, they might be talking about any continuous noise that blocks out other sounds or just seems … Continue reading
Why You Wouldn’t Exist Without Viruses
Credits: Writer/Narrator: Stephanie Sammann Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (https://www.youtube.com/c/realenginee…) Imagery courtesy of Getty Images [1] https://www.khanacademy.org/science/h… [2] https://jvi.asm.org/content/89/3/1537 [3] https://www.nature.com/articles/nrmic… [4] … Continue reading
Life found beneath Antarctic ice sheet ‘shouldn’t be there’
Biologists say the inadvertent discovery of sea life on a boulder underneath an Antarctic ice shelf and hundreds of kilometres challenges our understanding of how far organisms can live from sunlight. A British Antarctic Survey team drilled through the 900-metre-thick … Continue reading
Surprise Discovery That Moon Cycle And Sleep Are Connected
Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about an unusual discovery that relates human sleep to the moon cycle. Paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/conte… More about coral spawning and video used: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/c… Image credit and some … Continue reading
Stonehenge Was Not Originally Built In England, New Research Suggests
By Tom Hale A tantalizing new theory suggests that Stonehenge was not originally erected in southern England. Instead, recent archaeological work has suggested that the giant blocks of rock were initially placed in the mountains of Wales, before they were … Continue reading
What If We Could See Nature In Infrared?
Why are trees and other plants green? Seems like a simple question. But the answer is full of surprises. Using a special camera that can pick up light just beyond the visible range, into the near-infrared, you’ll get to see … Continue reading
The Longest Genome in the Animal Kingdom Found – Not What I Expected
I wrote a foreword for this awesome Sci-Fi book here: https://amzn.to/3aGrg0I Get a Wonderful Person shirt: teespring.com/stores/whatdamath Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: paypal.me/whatdamath Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about … Continue reading
The Origin of Matter and Time | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios
Now that we’ve broken down our preconceived notions about mass and time, let’s redefine what they really are. Since we know that time is not a universal constant, what is? On this week’s Space Time, Matt defines causal order and … Continue reading
I Asked Bill Gates What’s The Next Crisis?
I got the chance to interview Bill Gates so I asked him: Will Covid-19 be the last pandemic? How does he deal with misinformation and conspiracy theories? And what is the next disaster? The Foundation Letter is here: https://ve42.co/BG21
Why It Actually Took 50 Years to Make COVID mRNA Vaccines
The FDA recently approved two mRNA vaccines for COVID-19, but it was a challenge to make this type of vaccine work. And it took decades of research to get us to the point where scientists could make those vaccines as … Continue reading
How The COVID-19 Vaccine Could Lead To A Cure For Cancer | Answers With Joe
The mRNA technology behind the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are groundbreaking, but their potential goes way beyond COVID-19. They have the ability to help the body fight a multitude of diseases, from enzyme deficiencies, to diabetes, and even, yes, cancer. … Continue reading
How Gene Editing Is Curing Disease
Credits: Writer/Narrator/Editor: Stephanie Sammann Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (https://www.youtube.com/c/realenginee…) References: [1] https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/sicklecell…). [2] https://www.npr.org/sections/health-s… [3] https://www.quantamagazine.org/crispr… [4] http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/201… [5] http://ir.crisprtx.com/static-files/d… [6]https://www.nature.com/articles/d4158… [7]https://investors.vrtx.com/news-relea… [8] https://www.texaschildrens.org/health…. [9] … Continue reading
