Tag Archives: Environment

Change your diet, extend your life | Dr. Morgan Levine

Former Yale professor Morgan Levine shares 3 ways to change your diet to extend your life. Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► / @bigthink Up next, The science of super longevity ► • The science of su… Dr. Morgan … Continue reading →

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The Greenland shark

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A Man Rescues Drowning Baby Elephant. Then the Herd Surprises Everyone with an Unexpected Response

A Man Rescues Drowning Baby Elephant. Then the Herd Surprises Everyone with an Unexpected Response Picture a serene day by the river, when suddenly, a baby elephant finds itself fighting for its life, struggling to stay afloat. Just when hope … Continue reading →

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The hidden networks of everything | Albert-László Barabási

This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFoundation. Subscribe to The Well on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/thewell-youtube Watch Albert-László Barabási’s next interview ► • Finding the world… Our world … Continue reading →

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The biggest volcanic eruption ever seen from space, captured by two different satellites on January 15, 2022.

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The Pale Blue Dot

The Pale Blue Dot was made as a tribute to Carl Sagan as the final project for the Animation 01 course at Ringling College of Art and Design. Created during the Fall 2017, this film was a collaborative effort by … Continue reading →

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Fragilité d’un monde / Fragile world

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The Evolution and Meanings of Human Skin Color | Nina Jablonski

Variation in human skin color has fascinated and perplexed people for centuries. As the most visible aspect of human variation, skin color has been used in the past as a basis for classifying people into “races.” In this lecture, Leakey … Continue reading →

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Plants Talk. Can We Understand?

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How Chilis Got Spicy (and Why We Love the Burn)

[…] Today, chilis are the most widely cultivated spice crop in the world – grown everywhere from their native home in the Americas to Europe, Africa, and Asia. But how and why did chilis evolve this weird, fiery trick in … Continue reading →

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A Balancing Act for Brazil’s Amazonian States: An Economic Memorandum

Brazil’s nine Amazonian states, here collectively referred to as Amazônia, include some of the world’s richest ecosystems, including the Amazon rainforest and parts of the Cerrado savanna and Pantanal wetlands. The region is also among Brazil’s poorest socioeconomically. As a … Continue reading →

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Crosswind landing of an Airbus A380 💨

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