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Consciousness: how the brain chemical ‘dopamine’ plays a key role – new research

Drugs which act through the brain chemical dopamine may one day help restore consciousness in people who have lost it. Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian is a Friend of The Conversation. Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge Christelle … Continue reading →

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The Extraordinary Objects Hubble Has Seen In Our Solar System | Hubble Images Episode 10

Hubble doesn’t just look at distant nebula and galaxies, but has also observed celestial bodies and events in our own solar system. So what has it seen? Images from Hubble / NASA / ESA. More Hubble Images in this playlist: … Continue reading →

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How aspirin was discovered – Krishna Sudhir

[…] View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-aspiri… 4000 years ago, the ancient Sumerians made a surprising discovery: if they scraped the bark off a particular kind of tree and ate it, their pain disappeared. Little did they know that what they’d found … Continue reading →

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How Big Is The Universe?

Is the Universe infinite? Or does it somehow fold in on itself? And if so in what shape? Join us today as explore the size of the Universe. Written and presented by Prof David Kipping, with special thanks to cosmologist … Continue reading →

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Why Growing Some Herbs in a Rave Helps Them Live Longer | Food Unwrapped

Matt heads to a herb farm to discover how they make those fresh potted herbs we see in the supermarket as well as a surprising new trick to help them last longer on store shelves. Food Unwrapped Season 6 Episode … Continue reading →

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The shocking transformation of the UK household diet since 1980 πŸ˜²πŸ” BBC

64% of calories consumed by children in the UK are now from ultra-processed food. Dr Chris Van Tulleken finds out more. You can stream What Are We Feeding Our Kids? on BBC iPlayer πŸ‘‰ https://bbc.in/34mfgik #BBC #WhatAreWeFeedingOurKids #BBCiPlayer All our … Continue reading →

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Spanish Flu: a warning from history

100 years ago, celebrations marking the end of the First World War were cut short by the onslaught of a devastating disease – the 1918-19 influenza pandemic. Its early origins and initial geographical starting point still remain a mystery but … Continue reading →

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World Breastfeeding Week 2021 | Breastfeeding Day 2021 Theme | 1st – 7th August

his video is on World Breastfeeding Week for 2021 which will be celebrated from 1st – 7th August 2021. Also the breastfeeding video includes the theme for 2021. It is important for all to know that breastfeeding provides every child … Continue reading →

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What the NEW black hole discovery tells us!

Astronomers have seen light from BEHIND a black hole for the first time. I explained the discovery and results to my editor, Levi. Congrats to D. Wilkins and the astronomy team! Tap dat Patreon β†’ https://www.patreon.com/physicsgirl Special thank you to … Continue reading →

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Something Incredible Happens When a Human Cell is Fertilized…a Firework!

[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the incredible event that happens when an egg is fertilized Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4155… Previous study on human eggs: https://news.northwestern.edu/stories… NorthwesternU, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9tmO… […]

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I Changed Astronomy Forever. He Won the Nobel Prize for It. | ‘Almost Famous’ by Op-Docs

Growing up in a Quaker household, Jocelyn Bell Burnell was raised to believe that she had as much right to an education as anyone else. But as a girl in the 1940s in Northern Ireland, her enthusiasm for the sciences … Continue reading →

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Earth Tilted on Its Side And Then Suddenly Reversed, 84 Million Year Ago

[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the ancient times when Earth apparently changed its spin axis by a large amount for no apparent reason Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4146… […]

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