Tag Archives: Life

BBC Radio 4 – The Blind Astronomer

Kate Molleson tells the story of Wanda Diaz-Merced and her pioneering work with sound. This is the story, and the sound, of Puerto Rican scientist Wanda Díaz-Merced, who is revolutionising astronomy by turning data from space into audio that can … Continue reading

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Hilarious Ad Shows Why You Should Always Wear a Helmet

“Svend, you can go looting and pillaging all you want, but you have to wear a helmet.” From helmet hair to looking uncool, there are a million silly reasons why you might not want to wear a helmet when you … Continue reading

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Diver Nearly Swallowed by Humpback Whale Gets Spat Out Alive

“Oh, my God, I’m in a whale’s mouth. I’m in a whale’s mouth, and he’s trying to swallow me.” Commercial lobster diver Michael Packard was nearly swallowed by a humpback whale while searching for lobsters off the coast of Massachusetts. … Continue reading

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You are a network | Aeon

Kathleen Wallace is professor of philosophy at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. She works on ethics and metaphysics of personal identity and is the author of The Network Self: Relation, Process, and Personal Identity (2019). She lives in New York City. … Continue reading

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Jamaican Patois (NOT English!)

This video is all about Jamaican Patois, aka Jamaican Creole, the English-based creole language of Jamaica.[…]

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The Entire Human Genome Finally Sequenced! Here’s What This Means

[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the revelation in regards to human genome project T2T: https://github.com/marbl/CHM13#telome… Paper: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.11… […]

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REWIND

Film de seconde année 2020/2021 – PROMO ASA 2022 – réalisation : Maelle Horellou, Clémentine Lejeune – Court métrage réalisé en 4 semaines sous la houlette de Soizic Mouton et Alexandre Heboyan

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This Is Your Brain on Language

You have a lot of choices if you’re looking to learn a new language, from Spanish to coding, or even whistling! And there are some broad similarities and patterns in the ways our brains process these different forms of communication. … Continue reading

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Why You Always Have Room for Dessert, and Other Common Experiences Explained | Compilation

Did you know we have a whole channel dedicated to the human mind, people and interactions between people? It’s called SciShow Psych! And here is a compilation of five videos from that channel explaining some common experiences you may have … Continue reading

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Essential Functions of Sleep: Learning, Memory and Changing Your Mind – with Gina Poe

Sleep is vital to our wellbeing. The stages of deep and dreamless slow wave sleep and vivid dreaming REM sleep both have important traits. They each have their role to play in cleaning, up, putting away, and integrating new items … Continue reading

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