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Quantum Physics and Universal Beauty – with Frank Wilczek
How simple questions inspired Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek’s groundbreaking work in quantum physics. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Frank’s book “A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature’s Deep Design” is available to purchase now – https://geni.us/Cz75S63 Nobel laureate, Frank Wilczek’s groundbreaking … Continue reading
Gravitas Plus: Do you sleep for less than 7.5 hours? Watch this
Are you sleeping less than 7.5 hours a night? Your life could be at risk. Studies show sleep deprivation increases the risk of cancer. Sleeping less also makes you a bad worker and takes a toll on your pocket. […]
We Found a Bunch of New Eye Color Genes | SciShow News
[…] Sources: Tear Ducts Paper: https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/f… Press release 1: https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releas… Press release 2: https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releas… Sjogren’s: https://www.sjogrens.org/understandin… ogren Eye Color Original paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/conte… Press release: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas… Mendelian trait: https://www.nature.com/articles/jhg20… Image Sources: https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/f… https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas… https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi… https://www.nature.com/articles/s4146… https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia… https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia… https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/st… https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi… https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi… https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi… … Continue reading
Can we get rid of Covid-19 forever?
As of March 2021, Covid-19 has killed more than 2.5 million people. It’s brought on a dramatic economic downfall, a mental health crisis, and has generally just put the world on pause. But we don’t have to look far back … Continue reading
What if the World turned to Gold? – The Gold Apocalypse
The Map of Evolution and other sciency posters, researched and designed with love, are now available on the kurzgesagt shop. Your purchase will support us directly and keep our videos free for everyone. ►► shop.kurzgesagt.org (Worldwide Shipping Available) Sources & … Continue reading
Ancient leaves preserved under a mile of Greenland’s ice – and lost in a freezer for years – hold lessons about climate change | The Conversation
This ancient ecosystem showed that the ice sheet had melted to the ground in northern Greenland within the past million years. In 1963, inside a covert U.S. military base in northern Greenland, a team of scientists began drilling down through … Continue reading
Dispatch 14: Covid Crystal Ball | Radiolab | WNYC Studios
On today’s episode, doctors witness the worldwide pandemic playing out in a single human body. Last summer, at a hospital in England, a man in his 70s being treated for complications with cancer tested positive for covid-19. He had lymphoma, … Continue reading
BBC World Service – CrowdScience, How does my mind talk to my body?
The nerve connecting mind and body This week CrowdScience investigates the information superhighway connecting mind with body. The Vagus nerve is part of our parasympathetic nervous system, delivering information from all our major organs to the brain stem, and stimulating … Continue reading
Ultrasound has potential to damage coronaviruses – ScienceBlog.com
The coronavirus’ structure is an all-too-familiar image, with its densely packed surface receptors resembling a thorny crown. These spike-like proteins latch onto healthy cells and trigger the invasion of viral RNA. While the virus’ geometry and infection strategy is generally … Continue reading
NTU Singapore scientists develop device to ‘communicate’ with plants
Plant talk: A team of scientists led by #NTUsg has developed a device that can ‘communicate’ with plants by delivering electrical signals to and from plants. Potential uses of the device include monitoring the health of crops to enhance #foodsecurity … Continue reading