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We Found One of The Largest Structures in the Universe – South Pole Wall
Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the discovery of one of the largest objects in the universe known as South Pole Wall. Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10… Video by the science team:
Skimming the Surface – Using Seabirds to Monitor Plastic in the Arctic
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology in cooperation with the Council of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) showcase the problem of plastics pollution in the Arctic, and explores plastic interactions with seabirds to build support for a circumpolar plastics monitoring program … Continue reading
Paul Stamets: Mycology and Mushrooms as Medicines
Paul Stamets is a legendary mycologist, and in this tour de force keynote at Exponential Medicine (http://ExponentialMedicine.com) shares his work exploring the diverse role fungi may have in saving the bees, mushrooms as medicines as well as their role in … Continue reading
Did All Of Our Water Come From? | Answers With Joe
Water covers 71% of the Earth’s surface. We are a water planet, it makes life possible. But where exactly it came from is still a bit of a mystery. Some new studies have shared some light on this question, and … Continue reading
Aristotle’s Wheel Paradox – To Infinity and Beyond
Hi! I’m Jade. If you’d like to consider supporting Up and Atom, head over to my Patreon page 🙂 https://www.patreon.com/upandatom Want to know more? Watch this video: Cantor’s Infinity Paradox – https://youtu.be/X56zst79Xjg
The Green New Deal(s) | US and European Union
Ecosia is the search engine that plants trees: https://ecosia.co/info 00:00 Intro 00:20 1.5 degrees 01:46 What are the Green Deals? 02:53 US Green New Deal, explained 03:56 How to save the US GND 05:06 European Green Deal, explained 06:52 How … Continue reading
Quantum Mechanics: Schrödinger’s discovery of the shape of atoms
General theme I think it could be useful if I restate the central message of the video here, for clarity: The shape of hydrogen (and all atoms) is made up by the way the electron spreads itself, as a wave … Continue reading
How Quantum Mechanics Affects Your Life
While you might not think about quantum mechanics being part of your everyday life, it turns out that it might play a role in some of the most familiar things, from the sunlight in the trees to the nose on … Continue reading
China’s Vanishing Muslims: Undercover In The Most Dystopian Place In The World
China’s Uighur minority live a dystopian nightmare of constant surveillance and brutal policing. At least one million of them are believed to be living in what the U.N. described as a “massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy,” while … Continue reading
Revenge of the tribes: How the American Empire could fall | Amy Chua | Big Think
Yale professor Amy Chua has two precautionary tales for Americans, and their names are Libya and Iraq. “We’re starting to see in America something that I’ve seen in other countries that is not good,” says Chua. “We don’t want to … Continue reading
Under UV Light, Platypuses Radiate a Fluorescent Green-Blue Hue—But Scientists Aren’t Sure Why
From left: visible light, ultraviolet light, and yellow-filtered UV light. Photo by Jonathan Martin The platypus has puzzled researchers for centuries. From its venom-filled spurs, milk-secreting skin, and ability to eat a quarter of its body weight every day, the … Continue reading
The Swiss Cheese Covid-19 Defense | Kottke
The Swiss cheese model of accident causation is a framework for thinking about how to layer security measures to minimize risk and prevent failure. The idea is that when several layers of interventions, despite their weaknesses, are properly stacked up … Continue reading
