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How The World SOUNDS To Animals

Animals live in an entirely different reality FYI 💗 Support this channel and join an amazing community: http://www.patreon.com/bennjordan   Some citations and further related reading: https://rethinkpriorities.org/publica… https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases… https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23143… https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar… ⚡Those lovely custom acoustic panels in the background: https://psyacoustics.com Timespampts 0:00 … Continue reading →

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Why did our brains shrink?

We’ve lost a lemon sized piece of brain. Here’s three hypotheses that try to explain what happened. Sources: Hawks, John. “Selection for smaller brains in Holocene human evolution.” arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.5604 (2011). HENNEBERG, MACIEJ. “Decrease of Human Skull Size in … Continue reading →

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How do particle accelerators make neutrinos? | Even Bananas

Neutrinos are neutral, meaning the magnets in a particle accelerator can’t manipulate them. So how can scientists make a dense beam of neutrinos for their experiments? Neutrino physicist Kirsty Duffy and Fermilab accelerator operator Laura Bolt explain the power of … Continue reading →

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Earth’s Core Is Leaking Ancient Helium Created During The Big Bang

[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about new analysis that determines the type and amount of helium being leaked from planet Earth Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3 https://news.agu.org/press-release/an… https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c… #helium #earth #bigbang […]

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Wilemina Fleming | Hank Green

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These fungi eat radiation. #shorts #science

Source: These fungi eat radiation. #shorts #science

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The Strange Science of Why We Dream

[…] It would be a lot easier to study the science of dreaming if we weren’t asleep every time we did it. Why do we dream? What does dreaming do for our brains? How did dreaming evolve? Here’s a look … Continue reading →

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How trance states forged human society through transcendence | Aeon Essays

Ethiopian Orthodox Christians pray on the last day of ‘Abiy Tsom’, fifty-five days of fasting ahead of Easter, at Medhane Alem Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 7 April 2018. Photo by Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Whether via music, dance … Continue reading →

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This Animation Shows You How Small Atoms Really Are

Atoms: The building blocks of everything around us. But how small are they? This animation will show you. Sources: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat… http://book.bionumbers.org/how-big-is… https://foresight.org/Nanomedicine/Ch… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_…) Thanks for watching. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/…

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The Physicist Who Travels Across Disciplines, Space and Time

A playful polymath who is prone to leaping from string theory to Proust in mid-conversation, Vijay Balasubramanian of the University of Pennsylvania is a physicist, computer scientist and neuroscientist. He has made fundamental contributions to theories of black holes and … Continue reading →

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Adapting to Our New Climate | Solving for Zero: The Search for Climate Innovation

n the next 30 years, climate change could affect enough of the planet to cause as many as 200 million displaced persons—four times as many as World War II. Although steps are being taken to reduce our carbon emissions, we … Continue reading →

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The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History

A part of this video is sponsored by Wren. Offset your carbon footprint on Wren: ​https://www.wren.co/start/veritasium. For the first 100 people who sign up, I will personally pay for the first month of your subscription! Massive thanks to Prof. Francois … Continue reading →

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