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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

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The average jump height of a person on earth and its equivalent in other worlds of the solar system🌍🪐 | Tansu YEĞEN 

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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

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Producing food while restoring the planet – a glimpse of farming in the future | Aeon Videos

  It’s 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

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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 Mars’ different gravity? 11:30 – Outro 11:52 – Brilliant … Continue reading

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Amazon River Dolphins: Pink Freshwater Dolphins That Eat Piranhas

The scariest fish in the world are afraid of the cutest apex predator of the Amazon. | Go to https://bit.ly/3Ogssd8 and use code ANIMALOGIC to get 15% off ClickUp’s massive Unlimited Plan for a year! Start reclaiming your time for … Continue reading

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Distant Volcanoes Collapsed Dozens of Empires

[…] Volcanoes, climate change, and Chinese history may seem like three phrases spit out of a random word generator, but the three things are more inherently linked than one may assume. Hosted by: Hank Green […]

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8 Intelligences: Are You a Jack of All Trades or a Master of One? | Howard Gardner | Big Think

8 Intelligences: Are You a Jack of All Trades or a Master of One? Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think+ for exclusive videos: https://bigthink.com/plus/ ———————————————————————————- What does it mean when someone calls you smart or … Continue reading

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Why Does Caffeine Exist?

[…] Today, billions of people around the world start their day with caffeine. But how and why did the ability to produce this molecule independently evolve in multiple, distantly-related lineages of flowering plants, again and again? […]

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BBC Radio 4 – BBC Inside Science, Heatwave: the consequences

What are the consequences of the recent UK heatwave for us, plants and our energy supply. The severity of last week’s heatwave is changing the narrative. Gaia Vince talks to Simon Evans, deputy editor of the climate publication Carbon Brief, … Continue reading

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