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An Astronaut’s Cosmic Visions

A former Detroit Lions wide receiver and NASA astronaut (take a moment to let that combination sink in) takes us on a journey into his magical space-induced dreamscape – where vivid colors and explosions of light are an every night … Continue reading

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Millions of Monarchs Swarm Fake Hummingbird As It Captures Spectacular Footage of Their Flight

With its clementine-colored wings bordered with black lines and white spots, the monarch, alsoΒ known as Danaus Plexippus, is a widely recognizable insect.Β As the weather changes and gets cooler, the monarchs migrate from their breeding grounds in Canada and the northern … Continue reading

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UNTIL THERE WAS NOTHING

“Until There Was Nothing” …or “How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Black Hole” Someday this will pass and there will be nothing left. The inevitable spaghettification of it all. That’s not something to fear “because we come … Continue reading

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Brazil Has the Highest Rate of Coronavirus Contagion in the World, Says Study – 30/04/2020 – Science and Health – Folha De S.Paulo

Each infected person transmits viruses to about three in the country; 48 countries were analyzed Ana Estela de Sousa Pinto BRUXELAS Brazil has the highest rate of Coronavirus contagion among 48 countries analyzed by Imperial College in London. The indicator, … Continue reading

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Coronavirus: Good for the environment? | Covid-19 Special

Animals have begun reclaiming the empty streets and without us humans in the way nature is thriving. The lockdowns have caused nitrogen dioxyde pollution levels to dive in Italy and China. From a climate perspective, the coronavirus pandemic is not … Continue reading

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The weird history of the “sex chromosomes” | Molly Webste

Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. The common thinking on biological sex goes like this: females have two X chromosomes in their cells, while males have one X and … Continue reading

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Bertrand Russell – Great Interview with John Chandos – 1961

Speaking Personally: Earl Bertrand Russell. 1961. Interview with John Chandos. Recorded on 11-12 April 1961 at Bertrand Russell’s house in North Wales. List of Topics: Childhood and Earliest Memories Life Begins at Cambridge Eccentrics and Personages Robert Browning and Alfred … Continue reading

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30 Years of Science with the Hubble Space Telescope

On 24 April 1990 the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope was sent into orbit aboard the space shuttle Discovery, the first space telescope of its kind. It offered a new view of the Universe and has, for 30 years, reached and … Continue reading

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Virology and Forgotten History

When Edward Jenner created the first vaccine against smallpox, he had no idea what caused smallpox. The scientific appreciation of “germ theory” was just the start of the process of understanding microbiology. The History Guy recalls the forgotten history of … Continue reading

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Indigenous knowledge meets science to solve climate change | Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim

To tackle a problem as large as climate change, we need both science and Indigenous wisdom, says environmental activist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim. In this engaging talk, she shares how her nomadic community in Chad is working closely with scientists to … Continue reading

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