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Is Gossip… Good? | Otherwords (feat. @Be Smart)
Gossip is an integral part of human social structure… and maybe the reason language evolved in the first place! Otherwords is a PBS web series on Storied that digs deep into this quintessential human trait of language and fınds the … Continue reading
Mary Leakey and the Laetoli footprints – Animated Life | The Kid Should See This
Forty years ago in Laetoli, Tanzania, an elephant dung fight between a couple of paleoanthropologists led to a discovery: a fossilized animal print, at least 3.6 million years old. But the site had an even bigger surprise in store. After … Continue reading
Nitrogen
What is nitrogen? Learn more about the life cycle of nitrogen, a gas that makes up almost 80% of our atmosphere. Use this gas’ journey to reflect on the impermanence of all things.
Can Life Really Be Explained By Physics? (featuring Prof. Brian Cox)
[…] I recently got to sit down with physicist and science communicator extraordinaire Prof. Brian Cox. Did we talk about black holes, the Big Bang, or alien worlds? Nope! We talked about biology. Specifically, what is “life” and how did … Continue reading
How the planet became the prime political entity of our century | Aeon Essays
Weather Forecasting Factory (1986) by Stephen Conlin. Based on the work of Lewis Fry Richardson, and on advice from Professor John Byrne, Trinity College Dublin. Image © Stephen Conlin How did the planet replace the nation-state to become the prime … Continue reading
Learning about mindfulness from emperor penguins | The Kid Should See This
“Penguins are some of the most improbable animals on the planet,” explains science writer Carl Zimmer in 2005. “They have wings and feathers but cannot fly. They are not fish, but they have been recorded as deep as 1,755 feet … Continue reading
You’ve Seen the New Image of the Milky Way’s Black Hole – Now Hear It! | Sci-Tech Daily
This is a sonification — translation into sound — of the latest image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way called Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). Using a radar-like scan, … Continue reading
A Picture of the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
This is an image of the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Visit https://www.kiwico.com/veritasium30 to get 30% off your first month of any crate! ▀▀▀ Image of Sgr A* from EHT collaboration Event … Continue reading
6 Lonely Branches on the Tree of Life
You can find the poster featured in this episode in the SciShow store on DFTBA: https://store.dftba.com/collections/s… When there’s only one species on an evolutionary branch, we call it a monospecific taxon. Studying these special species can help us better understand … Continue reading
The many flavors of garlic (and how to get them)
[…] Whether you love OR hate garlic, understanding how it works can help it work better for you. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘆-𝗴𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝘆: -Abe K, Hori Y, and Myoda T. (2020) Volatile compounds of fresh and processed garlic, Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine19: … Continue reading
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