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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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There was nothing quick about how we arrived at the standardised second | Aeon

Measuring the length of a second might seem simple, but this history of the time unit from TED-Ed shows how the road to the modern, standardised second was anything but.[…]

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The bacteria in our guts can tell time

For the first time, it was discovered that nonphotosynthetic bacteria have a circadian clock. DEREK BERES 08 February, 2021 For the first time, nonphotosynthetic bacteria are shown to have a circadian clock. B. subtilis thrives in the gastrointestinal tracts of … Continue reading

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