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Why is it so hard to cure cancer? – Kyuson Yun

Download a free audiobook and support TED-Ed’s nonprofit mission: http://adbl.co/2gauxND Check out Siddhartha Mukherjee’s “The Emperor of All Maladies”: https://shop.ed.ted.com/collections/t… View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-it-… We’ve harnessed electricity, sequenced the human genome, and eradicated smallpox. But after billions of dollars in … Continue reading →

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Peeking Into a Chrysalis, Incredible Videos Capture Butterfly Wings Forming During Metamorphosis | Sci Tech Daily

By JENNIFER CHU, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NOVEMBER 22, 2021 Larger, overlapping scales in red and green begin to form their structural details midway through development (right). Each image is 75 μm wide. Credit: Anthony McDougal and Sungsam Kang   … Continue reading →

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What tumors eat — and how to poison them | Dr. Christal Sohl | TEDxTulsaCC

  Dr. Christal Sohl discusses her cutting-edge research on cancer metabolism using easily understood imagery and metaphors, while sharing the personal stories that inspire her and other scientists to fight cancer with urgency and determination. Dr. Christal Sohl first fell … Continue reading →

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4 Ways Ancient Infrastructure Can Prepare Us for the Future

Ancient civilizations developed clever solutions to their unique challenges and environments, and learning from those engineers can help us build a greener world today. […]

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Why medieval people didn’t wash their hair, and how it stayed clean | Historical Myth Busting

Medieval people didn’t bathe or wash their hair, right? Hair care in the middle ages involved no shampoo, but they still kept their hair clean. As a professional hairstylist, I think this historical myth needs to be debunked. Busting this … Continue reading →

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Revolution in medicine – BioNTech, mRNA and the Covid-19 vaccine | DW Documentary

With the help of mRNA technology, BioNTech has developed a vaccine for COVID-19. These assist the body to produce its own antigens to fight the virus – a medical milestone. Since the beginning of the 21st century, scientists Uğur Şahin … Continue reading →

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The Canadian Reactors that can BURN Nuclear Waste

Currently, there are two advanced nuclear reactors being developed in New Brunswick, Canada, that can burn nuclear waste to generate electricity. How is that possible? Well, that’s what I’m here to explain. SOURCES: Fast Reactors: https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/3-… https://www.everycrsreport.com/report… https://www.gen-4.org/gif/jcms/c_4215… https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/… https://world-nuclear.org/information… … Continue reading →

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Take a look at the longest partial lunar eclipse in nearly 600 years

Most of Atlanta was asleep during the partial lunar eclipse.

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Extreme Distances in Space Could Be Measured Using Quasars

[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a new study that finds a way to use quasars to measure distance Links: Click to access 2109.03252.pdf […]

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Beyond Identical or Fraternal: 6 Rare Types of Twins

Twins can be a lot more complicated than just identical or fraternal, and the rarer types of twins suggest that we have a lot more to learn about human development. Hosted by: Hank Green […]

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