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New Evidence That Cosmic Web Feeds The Galaxies
Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the discovery in regards to the universe spanning cosmic web and how it helps galaxies grow over time Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2101.06273.pdf Images: ESO/NASA/Roland Bacon et al … Continue reading
The incredible – and still quite mysterious – way trees trade information via their roots
While researching her doctoral thesis, Suzanne Simard, now a professor of forest ecology at the University of British Columbia, made an astounding discovery – trees in forests seem to possess complex information superhighways in their root systems that allow them … Continue reading
The Case For Hydrogen – With Matt Ferrell | Answers With Joe
Big thanks to Matt Ferrell for guest hosting this episode! Much has been made about hydrogen fuel cells and their use in cars, but there are many other uses for hydrogen that make more sense. We examine those in today’s … Continue reading
They Did It! NASA’s Helicopter Actually Flew on Mars!
Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the uncredible success of NASA’s Perseverance mission – the helicopter actually flew! NASA stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1Kol… Mission: https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/heli… Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.04181 Images: Sean McGrath from Saint John, … Continue reading
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Data Processing
Self-initiated visual research by Media.Work studio, in which we look for new ways to show computing processes. Instead of traditional high-tech images that treat digital technologies as something abstract and intangibly futuristic, we referenced bold shapes from industrial and graphic … Continue reading
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The world is poorly designed. But copying nature helps.
[…] Japan’s Shinkansen doesn’t look like your typical train. With its long and pointed nose, it can reach top speeds up to 150–200 miles per hour. It didn’t always look like this. Earlier models were rounder and louder, often suffering … Continue reading
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Whitest Paint Ever Developed Could Help Slow Global Warming
Professor Xiulin Ruan with a sample of the whitest paint yet developed. (Photo: Jared Pike/Purdue University) “Painting 0.5-1% of the Earth’s surface (roofs, roads, cars, unused land, etc) with our paint will stop the warming trend.” Combatting the rise in … Continue reading
Brazil battles coronavirus with a Chinese vaccine even the Chinese concede could be better
Brazilians line up outside Catete Palace in Rio de Janeiro last month to receive China’s CoronaVac vaccine. (Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images) RIO DE JANEIRO — The news received scant notice in the mainstream media, but it quickly gained a foothold in … Continue reading
How Covid Vaccine Tech Could Fight Cancer Soon
The mRNA technology at the heart of two Covid-19 shots has been decades in the making. Now it may soon be used to fight cancer and HIV.
What is epigenetics? – Carlos Guerrero-Bosagna
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-the-cho… Here’s a conundrum: Identical twins originate from the same DNA … so how can they turn out so different — even in traits that have a significant genetic component? Carlos Guerrero-Bosagna explains that while nature versus … Continue reading
