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An Ancient Roman Shipwreck May Explain the Universe

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Why would astrophysicists care about a two millennia old Roman shipwreck between the islands of Sardinia and Mal Di Ventre?
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The Fastest Ant on Earth | Earth's Great Seasons | BBC Earth

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With extra long legs to raise their bodies above the hot ground and silver hair to reflect the sun, silver ants are built for life in the desert. But even they have limits, and being the fastest ant on Earth comes in handy when you have to race to beat the heat.
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5 Ways CRISPR Is About to Change Everything

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CRISPR-based gene therapies are already changing healthcare for things like sickle cell disease. But CRISPR is bigger than just medicine, and it could revolutionize everything from food and agriculture to green energy fuels to plastics.
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Why is it so dangerous to step on a rusty nail? - Louise Thwaites

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Explore how a toxin-producing bacterium causes tetanus, and how to identify its common symptoms and best prevention practices.
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These Illusions Fool Almost Everyone

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A big thank you to Titus Grenyer over at Pep Organ for showing us around the Sydney Town Hall Organ, to Dr. Diana Deutsch for providing her illusions and insight into the field, to Casey Connor for advice on building sound illusions, and to Dr. Michael Bach for providing the motion-bounce illusion.
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The weirdest (and coolest) tongues in the animal kingdom

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Explore the incredible variety of tongues in the animal kingdom, and find out how different species utilize the appendage to survive.
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ALL Plants Have Color Vision?!

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Plants can tell when competitors are nearby because they can see them.
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This Disease is Deadlier Than The Plague

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The white death has haunted humanity like no other disease following us for thousands, maybe millions of years.
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My Search for Proof Aliens Exist | Avi Loeb | TED

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Why have we not yet found proof of alien life? According to astrophysicist Avi Loeb, we simply haven't dedicated the proper resources.
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Can you actually taste a difference between Tomatoes?

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In this video, we are doing a deep dive into tomatoes.
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Fallout's Cold Fusion Problem

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Was #Fallout’s “artifact” really worth transporting a severed head across the wasteland?
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How close are we to powering the world with nuclear fusion?

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Explore the possibility of nuclear fusion technology to create limitless, on-demand energy with almost no emissions.
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The Truth About Petri Dishes

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One of the best ways of studying bacteria is to grow them on a petri dish, but only a tiny percentage of bacterial species will grow on them.
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Do You Have a Free Will?

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Take control over what occupies your mind with Ground News.
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The Last 6 Decades of AI — and What Comes Next | Ray Kurzweil | TED

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How will AI improve our lives in the years to come?
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Does Grass Fed Beef actually taste different?

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Ethan conducts an in-depth analysis into the taste of grass-fed beef and whether it differs from similar beef products.
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Why Reality is a “Controlled Hallucination”

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There have always been hints that the brain wasn’t evolved to track objective reality, but a new, incredibly popular theory in neuroscience takes everything one step further. Not only is your brain not built for reality, you’ve never even experienced it. Noted Science Zaddy Kyle Hill explains “predictive processing.”
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Were Humans Destined to Exist?

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This is a snippet of a larger conversation taking place on Crash Course Pods: The Universe. Over 11 episodes, John Green and Katie Mack walk through the entire history of the universe…even the parts that aren’t written yet.
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Why Broken Hearts Hurt — and What Heals Them | Yoram Yovell | TED

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What's the relationship between physical and mental pain, and how can you ease both?
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Why People Prefer More Pain

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A massive thank you to Rayner Moss for recreating the experiment equipment and making this shoot happen.
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Primitive Technology: Making Charcoal in a Closed Pot

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I made charcoal in a clay pot by putting wood in it and heat the pot externally effectively making it like a retort.