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It’s a carp cafe?

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After 3 Years of Hiatus, LIGO Is Finally Back! New Era For Gravitational Waves

[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about newly begun search for gravitational waves with LIGO and several other observatories Links: https://gracedb.ligo.org/superevents/… https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.03606 https://theconversation.com/gravitati… https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/image/li… https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/33813 https://www.nature.com/articles/d4158… https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10… #ligo #gravitationalwaves #universe […]

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DNA Evidence That Humans & Chimps Share A Common Ancestor: Endogenous Retroviruses

I now have a series of videos doing a deep dive into ERVs on the “Stated Casually” channel. Check it out here: • Did God put Endog… Here we explore the amazing discovery of Endogenous Retroviruses (ERVs) in our own … Continue reading

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Evolution’s Hidden Wildcard: The Single-Cell Bottleneck

#Evolution, #Darwin, #Mystery The paper this video is based on can be found here: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas… The zygote is a single cell with half its DNA from the mother, and half from the father. Why is it that we gamble everything … Continue reading

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How We Made the Internet

On March 9, 1999, U.S. Vice President Al Gore, made a statement during a campaign interview that, unbeknownst to him, would soon become the subject of somewhat humorous controversy. What followed were a bunch of newspaper articles, comic strips, and … Continue reading

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Why Texas is Becoming America’s Most Powerful State

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What really matters at the end of life | BJ Miller

[…] At the end of our lives, what do we most wish for? For many, it’s simply comfort, respect, love. BJ Miller is a palliative care physician who thinks deeply about how to create a dignified, graceful end of life … Continue reading

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Why the US is Still Segregated

[…] Every single city in the United States is still largely segregated by race. But this isn’t just because of coincidence or personal preference. It is because of a systematic, government-sanctioned process over the course of the 20th century that … Continue reading

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The distinctive paradox of Swedish individualism | Aeon Essays

Solna Centrum subway station, Stockholm. Photo by Jonas Bendiksen/Magnum Photos All countries must balance the freedom of individuals with the demands of the community. Sweden’s solution is unique It was confusing. When the novel coronavirus hit the world in early … Continue reading

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Is it normal to talk to yourself?

Dig into the psychological benefits of positive self-talk, and find out when it can become problematic. — Being caught talking to yourself can feel embarrassing, and some people even stigmatize this behavior as a sign of mental instability. But decades … Continue reading

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