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The Brown Note: The Crappiest Sound In The World | Answers With Joe

You’ve heard the myth… A note exists that makes you evacuate your bowels. Obviously it’s not true… or is it? Acoustical weapons exist, could one make you ruin your pants? Let’s check it out.

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How civilization could destroy itself — and 4 ways we could prevent it | Nick Bostrom

Humanity is on its way to creating a “black ball”: a technological breakthrough that could destroy us all, says philosopher Nick Bostrom. In this incisive, surprisingly light-hearted conversation with Head of TED Chris Anderson, Bostrom outlines the vulnerabilities we could … Continue reading →

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Life found beneath Antarctic ice sheet ‘shouldn’t be there’

Biologists say the inadvertent discovery of sea life on a boulder underneath an Antarctic ice shelf and hundreds of kilometres challenges our understanding of how far organisms can live from sunlight. A British Antarctic Survey team drilled through the 900-metre-thick … Continue reading →

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This Diagram of Earth Is a Lie

When you learned about the Earth’s interior in school, you were probably shown a diagram that looked like a perfect layer cake. But we’ve known for a long time that that diagram is… inaccurate at best, and leaves out information … Continue reading →

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Surprise Discovery That Moon Cycle And Sleep Are Connected

Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about an unusual discovery that relates human sleep to the moon cycle. Paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/conte…​ More about coral spawning and video used: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/c…​ Image credit and some … Continue reading →

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Stonehenge Was Not Originally Built In England, New Research Suggests

By Tom Hale A tantalizing new theory suggests that Stonehenge was not originally erected in southern England. Instead, recent archaeological work has suggested that the giant blocks of rock were initially placed in the mountains of Wales, before they were … Continue reading →

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What If We Could See Nature In Infrared?

Why are trees and other plants green? Seems like a simple question. But the answer is full of surprises. Using a special camera that can pick up light just beyond the visible range, into the near-infrared, you’ll get to see … Continue reading →

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Crabs Keep Turning Into Land Animals!

When a species evolves from living in water to living on land it’s called terrestrialization, and it’s not an easy task. Yet crabs keep making the jump from seas to shore. What things have they had to change to adjust … Continue reading →

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Why Can’t We Farm These Foods Yet?

There are some foods that are so popular that they are at risk of going extinct. What are they and why is it so difficult to harvest them?

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The Longest Genome in the Animal Kingdom Found – Not What I Expected

I wrote a foreword for this awesome Sci-Fi book here: https://amzn.to/3aGrg0I​ Get a Wonderful Person shirt: teespring.com/stores/whatdamath​ Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: paypal.me/whatdamath Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about … Continue reading →

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Circadian Rhythm and Your Brain’s Clock

Why do we sleep at night instead of during the day? In this episode of SciShow Hank talks about circadian rhythms, how they work, and how they regulate different processes in our bodies.

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The Origin of Matter and Time | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios

Now that we’ve broken down our preconceived notions about mass and time, let’s redefine what they really are. Since we know that time is not a universal constant, what is? On this week’s Space Time, Matt defines causal order and … Continue reading →

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