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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Birds
This summer, we partnered with Nate Senner of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Tebughna School in Beluga, Alaska to make this series of videos all about how, why, and where birds migrate. We had so much fun making these … Continue reading
How Two Physicists Unlocked the Secrets of Two Dimensions
Condensed matter physics is the most active field of contemporary physics and has yielded some of the biggest breakthroughs of the past century. But as rapidly as technology has advanced, scientists have only scratched the surface. Now for the first … Continue reading
Why it’s not safe to shower during a thunderstorm | The Conversation
Published: August 17, 2022 2.54pm BST Simon Balson / Alamy Stock Photo Lightning kills 24,000 people each year. Hereâs how to stay safe during an electrical storm. The Met Office has issued several âyellow thunderstorm warningsâ for the UK, highlighting … Continue reading
How chocolate gets its flavour | The Royal Society
The flavour of chocolate depends on a long process of fermentation and drying of the cocoa beans. Scientists are working on giving farmers the scientific tools to produce tastier beans đ« #Chocolate #Fermentation #SingleOrigin #GlobalDevelopment Thanks to the ‘Chocolate from … Continue reading
Rare earths crunch? Why we need them and who has them | Business Beyond
You may not have heard of most rare earths, but the 17 metallic elements known as rare earths are essential to modern life. Theyâre in our smartphones, computers, TVs and just about every other electronic device. They also play a … Continue reading
How We Could Solve the Dark Matter Mystery | Chanda Prescod-Weinstein | TED
The universe that we know, with its luminous stars and orbiting planets, is largely made up of elements we can’t actually see — like dark energy and dark matter — and therefore don’t fully understand. Theoretical physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein takes … Continue reading
How Animals Are Rapidly Evolving Because of Climate Change | WIRED
Squids are shrinking, birds are migrating and lizards are getting blown away by hurricanes. The signs are everywhere; animals are changing because of climate change. We asked biologist Thor Hanson to walk us through three animal adaptation experiments. Read THOR … Continue reading
Producing food while restoring the planet â a glimpse of farming in the future | Aeon Videos
Itâs time for a new agricultural revolution. How can conservation-oriented farming work with the environment to feed us all? The agricultural revolution that began around 10,000 years ago marks a turning point in human history: the dawn of civilisation. … Continue reading
Could we ACTUALLY grow potatoes on Mars? | OVERTHINKING The Martian
[…] 00:00 – Introduction 01:07 – Is it possible to grow crops in Martian soil? 03:23 – Is human waste as a fertiliser a good idea? (NOPE) 07:16 – What about Marsâ different gravity? 11:30 – Outro 11:52 – Brilliant … Continue reading
