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ANCIENT DISEASE: How Healthy Were the Ancient Romans (audio fix)

How healthy, or rather, how unhealthy, were ancient people? The Roman Empire was famed for its plumbing systems and aqueducts, but what did the nutritional levels of the population look like? These are questions to which new methods, drawn from … Continue reading

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The Feynman Technique—how to learn anything:

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Inside the Mind of a Musk OX

Musk oxen are not the only charismatic creatures perfectly suited to the wind-blasted, tundra of the Alaskan Arctic. Meet Joel Berger, Wildlife Conservation Society senior scientist, Colorado State University professor – as well as expert on hoofed mammals. In addition … Continue reading

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Breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy announced | BBC News

By Esme Stallard BBC News Climate and Science The interior of the target chamber at LLNL, where nuclear fusion takes place US researchers have overcome a major barrier to achieving low-carbon nuclear fusion.   A major breakthrough has been announced … Continue reading

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Abrupt global ocean circulation collapse. Time to start prepping?

An abrupt collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, was the plotline for the 2004 hit movie ‘The Day After Tomorrow’. Thankfully the apocalyptic scenes depicted in that film are not going to happen, but the AMOC system … Continue reading

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The Passage of Time and the Meaning of Life | Sean Carroll

What is time? What is humankind’s role in the universe? What is the meaning of life? For much of human history, these questions have been the province of religion and philosophy. What answers can science provide? In this talk, Sean … Continue reading

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Somehow Every Computer Chip In The World Is Built By One Company

[…] t might seem impossible to believe but all the most advanced semiconductors are made by machines built by one company, named ASML. Want to support the channel? Here’s how: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Channel Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-2Y… T-Shirts & Merch: http://www.answerswithjoe.com/store Check … Continue reading

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The Southern Hemisphere is stormier than the Northern, and we finally know why | Phys.Org

by University of Chicago The Southern Hemisphere is stormier than the Northern, and we finally know why1 / 1A new study by the University of Chicago and University of Washington lays out for the first time why the Southern Hemisphere … Continue reading

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Astronomy | Construction of the next phase of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) starts today

The next phase of the construction of the Square Kilometre Array – the SKA – starts today. Science and Technology minister Blade Nzimande is expected to do the sod-turning of the SKA’s next 133 telescopes that will be erected over … Continue reading

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The tiny COVID mistake with deadly implications | Katie Randall | TEDxKC

Dr. Katie Randall was a graduate student in medical rhetoric when COVID-19 changed the world. Her talk describes how she discovered the origins of a fundamental mistake in public health officials’ understanding of the virus, and why we mishandled our … Continue reading

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