Tag Archives: science

Cantor’s Infinity Paradox | Set Theory

Cantor sets and the nature of infinity in set theory.

Posted in philosophy | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Alzheimer’s and the Brain

Vsauce is proud to announce our support for Alzheimer’s Association’s #TheLongestDay now and throughout June during Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness month. Visit http://www.alz.org/Vsauce to join us! More good links: http://www.alz.org/facts/ Alzheimer’s disease facts and figures [PDF]: http://www.alz.org/documents_custom/2… Basics of Alzheimer’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Seven Million Years of Human Evolution

Scientists use fossils to reconstruct the evolutionary history of hominins—the group that includes modern humans, our immediate ancestors, and other extinct relatives. Today, our closest living relatives are chimpanzees, but extinct hominins are even closer. Where and when did they … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Understudied deeper water reefs could teach us how to better conserve

In three decades of diving at locations including the Red Sea and Great Barrier Reef, Gal Eyal has seen coral reefs transform in front of his eyes. ‘The change is tremendous,’ said Dr Eyal, a marine ecologist at Bar-Ilan University … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmentalism | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Bees use shark ‘supersense’ to help find food

Flying insects such as bees and moths have secret senses that allow them to ‘feel’ nearby flowers and navigate over long distances, according to new research. Armed with sensitive antennae and wide-angled compound eyes, bees have a sophisticated set of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Behaviour | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

When Trees Meet Buildings

Architects, engineers and developers are creating increasingly greener structures – and doing it in a more literal way than ever before. For more by The B1M subscribe now – http://ow.ly/GxW7y Read the full story on this video, including images and … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

L’orchestre D’hibernation Animaux – How Animals Hibernate

What if hibernating animals of different species formed an orchestra and performed a symphony about their winter’s sleep? Well, they did—sort of. Because this is the science version of “Peter and the Wolf”… A flute playing wood frog who freezes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Behaviour | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Prof Devi Sridhar: “For the world the pandemic is going to go on for several years’

Professor Devi Sridhar is the Chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh and sits on the Scottish Government Covid-19 Advisory Group (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) She has become one of the most familiar faces on our screens during the … Continue reading →

Posted in Health | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

The Shearwaters

THIS. HAPPENED. Alfred Hitchcock’s classic THE BIRDS is, in part, inspired by a very real phenomenon that occurred in Santa Cruz, California in 1961. One night, inexplicably, thousands of sooty shearwater birds lost their minds, dive-bombing into homes and even … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

The World’s Most Impressive Vertical Forest.

Vertical forests and forest cities are springing up around the world. Singapore’s Oasia hotel won the best tall building award, with 60 storeys of green walls, and 40% of its volume used for open air terraces. https://www.straitstimes.com/business… In Japan, Fukuoka’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment