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Why Can’t We Make New Stradivari Violins?
[…] Stradivarius are synonymous with quality, but how we can replicate their sound is a mystery! Hosted by: Hank Green […]
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This is your brain on air pollution | María Neira
[…] Air pollution knows no borders — even in your own body, says public health expert María Neira. In this startling talk, she describes how the microscopic particles and chemicals you breathe affect all your major organs (including your brain) … Continue reading
Why We Should Be Talking About Energy Storage
To reach our global goal of being net zero carbon emissions by 2050, we must solve one problem – energy storage. Thank you to Toyota for lending us the #Mirai and for sponsoring this series. Scientists, researchers, and engineers are … Continue reading
Rutherford, Radioactivity and the Future of Physics – with the Cosmic Shambles Network
Often dubbed the ‘Father of the Nuclear Age’, Ernest Rutherford’s pioneering, and Nobel Award winning, discoveries in nuclear physics and radioactivity changed the way we see and understand the world forever. Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/pAkJGvSpcdA Join Robin Ince and Helen … Continue reading
How does Hawking Radiation REALLY work?
[…] Nothing can escape black holes, yet somehow they can lose mass by emitting Hawking radiation?! To understand why, we’ll need to combine quantum field theory with general relativity. 00:00 Cold Open 00:33 Incorrect Explanation 02:22 What is a black … Continue reading
Time crystals: A new phase of matter – and a breakthrough for quantum computing?
Google researchers claim to have created four-dimensional ‘time crystals. Time crystals are a new phase of matter that seems to evade the laws of physics. Just like ordinary crystals repeat themselves in space, time crystals repeat themselves in time. Time … Continue reading
Corn Tastes Better on the Honor System | Emergence Magazine
by Robin Wall Kimmerer Robin Wall Kimmerer’s groundbreaking work has long emphasized the sentience and wisdom of plants. In this multimedia essay, she takes us on the nine-thousand-year journey of maize, reflecting on what has been severed in our once … Continue reading
Why Humans Are Supposed to Sleep in Two 4-Hour Phases
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The Hidden Pattern Behind Earth’s Biggest Disasters
[…] Scientists from New York University and the Carnegie Institution of Science analyzed 89 major geological events from the past 260 million years—everything from mass extinctions to volcanic activity, sea-level fluctuations to continental plate shifts. And far from being totally … Continue reading
Why Does Rubbing Tired Eyes Feel Good?
It can be a wonderful feeling to give your tired eyes a good rub. And rubbing your eyes can help keep them moist, but it turns out it also can affect your heart rate. Hosted by: Michael Aranda
Researchers Discover 1,000-Year-Old Burial of Elite Nonbinary Warrior | My Modern Met
A reconstruction drawing of the Iron Age grave of a nonbinary individual. (Photo: Veronika Paschenko/University of Turku) This discovery of a nonbinary burial is important for understanding Scandinavian notions of gender hundreds of years ago. In 1968, workers digging … Continue reading
