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How Your Gut Influences Your Mental Health: It’s Practically a Second Brain | Dr. Emeran Mayer

Posted on October 2, 2021 by agogo22

How Your Gut Influences Your Mental Health: It’s Practically a Second Brain New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge […]

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The Amazing Hidden Liquid World That Lies Beneath Antarctica

Posted on October 2, 2021 by agogo22

[…] Sources: Whitehouse, David, Russia Abandons Ice Station Vostok, BBC News, March 4, 2003, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/na… Vostok Station, http://www.aari.aq/stations/vostok/vo… Studinger, Michael, Subglacial Lake Facts, https://web.archive.org/web/201201021… Appeal to the Duma on Lake Vostok, Antarctica, The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, April 14, … Continue reading →

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Texas Oil Country Has An Invisible Secret

Posted on October 2, 2021 by agogo22

In West Texas, vast quantities of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, are leaking into the atmosphere. Specialized cameras that can detect the invisible pollutant are helping to expose the problem. https://www.bloomberg.com/features/20… […]

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Emma Marris: Are wild animals really “wild”? | TED

Posted on October 1, 2021 by agogo22

Human activity is affecting the planet in dramatic, unsustainable ways — including destroying the habitats of wild animals. Considering our obligation to care for the creatures we’ve impacted, environmental writer Emma Marris dives into the ethics of wildlife management, zoos … Continue reading →

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Volcanic ash is NOT GOOD for astronomy | La Palma

Posted on October 1, 2021 by agogo22

I was supposed to be using a telescope at the observatory in La Palma, Canary Islands this week, but the volcano on the island had other ideas. Here’s why volcanic ash is so damaging to both telescopes and the images … Continue reading →

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The janitor who changed the world of science

Posted on October 1, 2021 by agogo22

[…] Since discovering the story of James Croll while researching Firmament, I knew I had to make a video about him and his remarkable life story. From his job as a janitor at a university he changed the world of … Continue reading →

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Daintree: World Heritage rainforest handed back to Aboriginal owners | BBC News

Posted on September 30, 2021 by agogo22

Australia’s Daintree region attained Unesco World Heritage listing in 1988   Australia’s Daintree – the world’s oldest tropical rainforest – has been returned to its Aboriginal custodians in a historic deal. The Unesco World Heritage site is over 180 million … Continue reading →

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Your DNA is already in a database

Posted on September 30, 2021 by agogo22

Your genetic code is probably already in a database, without you ever giving a sample or permission. […]

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What is Yeast and How is it Found? | Food Unwrapped

Posted on September 27, 2021 by agogo22

Jimmy heads into the woods to find out what exactly IS yeast and if it is grown, scavenged, made… or all three? Food Unwrapped Season 5 Episode 15 […]

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These Superpowered Animals Use Your 5 Senses, But Better

Posted on September 27, 2021 by agogo22

[…] Many animals use the same five senses as we do, but these creatures take that beyond the next level. Hosted by: Michael Aranda […]  

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