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The Fascinatingly Mysterious Origins of the Ainu

TREY the Explainer Hello! This is my first video on Human Diversity and evolution. In this video, I discuss quite a bit about ancient and prehistoric human migration and evolution into East Asian, specifically Japan. I examine the strange and … Continue reading

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What Does The Solar System Sound Like? | Answers With Joe

Over the last 50 years, we’ve recorded spectacular images from all over the solar system, but sound recordings are few and far between. They do exist, though, and bring us closer to these other worlds than ever before. NASA Sound … Continue reading

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The Dark Sky Paradox – A Never-Ending Universe

[…] *Creator* Jade Tan-Holmes *Editing and Motion Graphics* Hamish Gilbert and Junior *Music* https://www.epidemicsound.com/​ *Sources/Further Reading* Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics – Jim Al-Khalili http://astronomy.nmsu.edu/nicole/teac…​ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olbers%…​

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My stroke of insight | Jill Bolte Taylor

http://www.ted.com​ Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, … Continue reading

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How hybrid seeds have become big business | DW Documentary

Big corporations have taken control of a vital commodity that is millions of years old: seeds. Researchers around the world are creating industrial hybrids of fruit and vegetables. What effect will this development have on human health? Today, standardized seeds … Continue reading

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Carbon Dioxide Reduction. A BIG loophole for business

Carbon Audits and carbon taxes are coming. And big business knows it. Some are responding by investing heavily in genuine reductions to their carbon footprint. Others are banking on throwing money at carbon offset schemes like large scale reforestation to … Continue reading

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Why It Actually Took 50 Years to Make COVID mRNA Vaccines

The FDA recently approved two mRNA vaccines for COVID-19, but it was a challenge to make this type of vaccine work. And it took decades of research to get us to the point where scientists could make those vaccines as … Continue reading

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How The COVID-19 Vaccine Could Lead To A Cure For Cancer | Answers With Joe

The mRNA technology behind the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are groundbreaking, but their potential goes way beyond COVID-19. They have the ability to help the body fight a multitude of diseases, from enzyme deficiencies, to diabetes, and even, yes, cancer. … Continue reading

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How Gene Editing Is Curing Disease

Credits: Writer/Narrator/Editor: Stephanie Sammann Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1​) Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations​) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net​) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel​) Producer: Brian McManus (https://www.youtube.com/c/realenginee…​) References: [1] https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/sicklecell…​). [2] https://www.npr.org/sections/health-s…​ [3] https://www.quantamagazine.org/crispr…​ [4] http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/201…​ [5] http://ir.crisprtx.com/static-files/d…​ [6]https://www.nature.com/articles/d4158…​ [7]https://investors.vrtx.com/news-relea…​ [8] https://www.texaschildrens.org/health…​. [9] … Continue reading

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Mice sing many songs, we just can’t hear them | UNC-TV Science

Mice are known to squeak, but Duke researchers have discovered male mice can sing at very high frequencies. The male mice use those ultrasonic sounds to woo female mice, and the song can change depending on the context.

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