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A Scientist Explains My Eye Disease! ft. It’s Okay To Be Smart

Watch the video we did on Echolocation! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08smC… Talking to my Eye Specialist about my Vision Loss: https://youtu.be/37yuL5NItCI Special thanks to: Dr. Bryan Jones Dr. Lauren Ayton Slater Ben Shaberman & The Foundation Fighting Blindness Foundation fighting blindness is … Continue reading

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Giant Eagle Rays Launching Themselves into the Air 🌊 Epic Animal Migrations | Smithsonian Channel

While spring is feeding time for the ocean dwellers off the western coast of Mexico, it’s also mating time for the giant eagle rays. Their eye-catching leaps out of the water serve as a way to get noticed. From Epic … Continue reading

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Delisted Wolves | The Poetry of Science 

Delisted Wolves July 9, 2021 by Sam Illingworth Flecks of silver trickle through hostile grounds. Consigned to a footnote by the fervour of unbridled prey too quick to hunt. Defamed. Deprived. Defiled. Invisible bodies stack up in sustainable harvests, winter’s … Continue reading

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Why Evolution Hasn’t Gotten Rid of Allergies

[…] Credits: Narrator/Writer: Stephanie Sammann Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (https://www.youtube.com/c/realenginee…) Imagery courtesy of Getty Images References: [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26943… [2] https://health.howstuffworks.com/dise… [3] … Continue reading

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The Insane Biology of: The Platypus

[…] Credits: Narrator/Writer: Stephanie Sammann Writer: Angela Wipperman Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (https://www.youtube.com/c/realenginee…) Imagery courtesy of Getty Images References: [1] https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/facts… … Continue reading

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A Universal Vaccine May Be Closer Than You Think

After the last year, we’ve seen just how progressive we can be at developing a vaccine. Never before have we made one so efficiently. But COVID has done more than just spark the development of COVID-specific vaccines, it has advanced … Continue reading

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7 of the Strangest Allergies

When you think of allergies, the first thing that comes to mind is probably seasonal allergies, but there are a handful of strange allergies can be much harder to avoid than pollens. Hosted by: Michael Aranda […]

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What would happen if we removed the Milky Way’s black hole?

Weirdly, the galaxy would be completely fine, and here’s why! Also, head to https://kiwico.com/drbecky50 for 50% off your first month of any Kiwi Co subscription crate. 00:00 – Introduction 00:50 – What you’d expect 02:41 – Black hole mass fraction … Continue reading

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What’s in the 4% of our DNA that makes us different from chimps?

On the genetic level, we’re not all that different from chimps. But those small differences in DNA can have huge effects. Hosted by: Hank Green […]

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Study Projects a Surge in Coastal Flooding, Starting in 2030s

By Carol Rasmussen, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory High-tide flooding in Honolulu. Credit: Hawaii Sea Grant King Tides Project In Brief: In the mid-2030s, every U.S. coast will experience rapidly increasing high-tide floods, when a lunar cycle will amplify rising sea … Continue reading

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