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Silent Sea | Twenty Thousand Hertz – The stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds.

Whale songs are some of the most beautiful, cathartic sounds in nature. These extraordinary creatures use sound to socialize, to mate, to find food, and avoid predators. But for aquatic animals, the sounds of human activity can be absolutely devastating. … Continue reading →

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The reaction of two scientists when they realized they had captured images of an animal not seen for 140 years

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Incredible Discovery of an Entirely New Organelle That Fixes Nitrogen

Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a never before seen organelle found in life called nitroplast Links: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s… Coccolithophores: • Coccolithophore Evolution Is Driven B… #nitroplast #bacteria #biology 0:00 Complexity of … Continue reading →

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Exploring the Mysterious Alphabet of Sperm Whales

MIT News: https://news.mit.edu/2024/csail-ceti-… Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4146… Project CETI: https://www.projectceti.org/ Authors: Daniela Rus (MIT CSAIL), Antonio Torralba (MIT CSAIL), Jacob Andreas (MIT CSAIL), Pratyusha Sharma (MIT CSAIL), Shane Gero (Project CETI), Roger Payne (Project CETI), and David F. Gruber (Project CETI) Videographer: … Continue reading →

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Sperm Whales Vocalize an Alphabet Hauntingly Like Humans | My Modern Met

By Madeleine Muzdakis on June 2, 2024 Sperm whales swim near Mauritius. (Photo: Gabriel Barathieu via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) Sperm whales are fascinating creatures. Endangered and still recovering from being hunted by whalers in the 19th century, … Continue reading →

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The Incredible Discovery of the LEAST Reactive Elements (The Noble Gases)

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Fascinating Fig Wasp Life Cycle

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The Truth About Supermarket Fruit & Vegetables | Food Unwrapped | Channel 4

Food Unwrapped travels the world to explore the industry secrets behind our favourite food. The team take their trolleys down the fruit and veg aisle getting the inside info on summer veggies in winter, temperamental bananas, and how to waste … Continue reading →

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What Does An Electron Look Like

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How Did Birds and Crocodilians Escape Extinction?

It’s the end of the world as we know it and birds and crocodilians will be fine? How is it possible that they survived the extinction event that killed all of their closest relatives including all of the non-avian dinosaurs? … Continue reading →

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The world’s first process for making zero emissions cement

Concrete is the second most-used substance on Earth, after water, and it’s responsible for 7.5% of total carbon emissions – triple that of aviation. Decarbonising cement – the carbon-hungry component of concrete – is a massive challenge. But Cambridge researchers … Continue reading →

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10/8/05 Richard Prum – The Evolution of Birds: Why Birds are Dinosaurs

Science Saturdays is a special lecture series designed for families that brings the excitement of research and the passion of scientists to school-age children and adults. Each event involves a lecture by a Yale professor and engaging science demonstrations run … Continue reading →

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