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The truth about organic food – according to science | Tim Spector
Get science-based nutrition advice straight to your inbox: https://bit.ly/46BPTYz What does “organic” food mean? And how do you know if something’s organic? Of course, foods tell you if they’re organic in massive letters on the packaging. And they cost way … Continue reading
Skin, mouth, lungs … it’s not just your gut that has a microbiome | The Conversation
ImageFlow/Shutterstock Most people have heard of the gut microbiome, but the lungs, skin, mouth and genitals all have their own unique microbiome. A lot has been written and said about the gut microbiome – the community of bacteria, viruses, fungi … Continue reading
Why HPV Is Cancer In One Convenient Package
[…] HPV isn’t the only virus that causes cancer, but it’s one of the best at it. Here’s what we’ve learned about this supervillain of a pathogen, and how to stop it. Hosted by: Stefan Chin (he/him) […]
Scientists Announce a Puzzling Discovery At The Large Hadron Collider
The Higgs boson is considered to be the cornerstone of the Standard Model of particle physics. Its discovery in 2012 created ripples in the scientific community as it was the last missing piece of the Standard Model. However, the model … Continue reading
How microbes affect your psychology | Kathleen McAuliffe | TEDxMarshallU
n a fascinating review of clinical research on the impacts of microbes on human behavior, Kathleen McAuliffe provides a microbiological perspective to the age-old questions: “Is there such a thing as free will?” and “Am I captain of my ship?” … Continue reading
What makes some languages sound HORRIBLE?
[…] Is 🇮🇹Italian delightful and 🇩🇪German disgusting? Is 🇨🇳Mandarin a melodic mess? In this episode, Rob meets the linguists who’ve tried to work out which are the prettiest and ugliest languages. The results are sure to surprise you. ==LINKS== Niklas … Continue reading
The return of Mongolia’s “wild” horses – Nigel Rothfels
Dig into the breeding program that saved Takhi horses from extinction, and explore the role of zoos in animal conservation. — For thousands of years, native Takhi horses roamed the steppes of Central Asia. But by the late 1960s, their … Continue reading
There’s a striking link between quantum and astronomic scales. What could it mean? | Aeon Videos
A discovery with potentially mind-boggling implications about the behaviour of matter at the quantum and astronomical scales While working late one night in 2017, Konstantin Batygin, a professor of planetary sciences at the California Institute of Technology, made a mathematical … Continue reading
Emerging Tipping Points in Antarctica
Antarctica currently has very little sea ice – the lowest ever recorded. What are the causes and likely consequences of this reduction? […]
Why do Birds have baby Crocodile skulls?
hroughout nature there are many examples of fully grown adult animals retaining juvenile features making them look like babies. This may make them look cuter but it also conceals an incredibly powerful phenomenon of evolution that allows animals to adapt … Continue reading
