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The Drug To Master Reality

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From study sessions to dance floors, amphetamines can feel like a shortcut to superhuman focus and energy. Why do they work so well? What happens to your body once you take them? And what toll does it take on your health?
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Alcohol is AMAZING

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Alcohol kills more people each year than wars, terrorism, homicides, and car accidents combined. It destroys bodies, relationships, and lives. Yet we toast with it at weddings, sip it at parties, and unwind with it after work.
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The Problem with Antivenom

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Venomous snakes kill nearly 100,000 people a year. Which is weird, because we have a pretty effective treatment for venomous snake bites; it’s actually been around for more than a hundred years. So why are so many people still dying?
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When Your Body Attacks Itself – Autoimmune

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What happens when the immune system meant to protect you becomes your worst enemy?
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You Do Not Need 10,000 Steps a Day

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If you have ambitions to start exercising or get the most out of your exercise routine, there are a lot of flashy tricks promising to help you. But not all of them are supported by science. Do ice baths help? Stretching? Heat? This video has the data.
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What’s Causing the Parkinson’s Belt?

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The number of people with Parkinson's Disease has doubled in just 25 years, but its rise has been much worse in some places than in others.
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What Earth in 2125 could look like - Iseult Gillespie

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What could our future look like if we harness our technology to create a sustainable world? Take a look at the possibilities.
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This Room is Lethally Radioactive...For SCIENCE!

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Deep in the deserts of Idaho sits a giant box. It was made for nuclear science. It’s the most radioactive room on Earth.
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Doctor Answers Physical Therapy Questions

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Board-certified orthopedic clinical specialist Dr. Courtney Mears joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about physical therapy.
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What Do Ultra-processed Foods Do To My Body National Geographic

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It’s late afternoon, and you just need a quick snack to hold you over until dinnertime. You start with a handful of chips, and before you know it, the entire bag is gone!
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Why Your Brain Blinds You For 2 Hours Every Day

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Reality is not real. Your world is a prediction. Every sight, sound, and touch you experience is the result of calculations your brain makes before reality even reaches you.
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The four questions that can help your mind heal | Byron Katie

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“I saw that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, and when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer.”
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The Real Reason Why You Have Allergies

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Allergies are more than just overreactions – they might be an evolutionary relic from a time when worms invaded our bodies daily.
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Are you an ear rumbler?

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Your body is a lot louder than you might think.
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What staying up all night does to your brain - Anna Rothschild

AdultsHealthNeuroscience
Explore how pulling an all-nighter can impact your cognitive function, and find out what happens to your brain when you don't sleep.
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The real reason polio is so dangerous

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Explore what makes polio so dangerous, what is causing the 21st century resurgence of cases, and how we can eradicate the disease.
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Tired of Doomscrolling?

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Being a human in the 21st century often feels frustrating. We are clearly at the high point of our species, while at the same time life is incredibly hard! We are divided, unable to solve our problems while creating new ones, destroying our world in the process.
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The Hidden Forces Behind Your Food Choices | Sarah Lake | TED

AdultsFoodHealthLife...
What we eat is less about what we choose and more about what's offered to us, says food and climate expert Sarah Lake.
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Can Dogs Detect the Next Pandemic Before It Begins? | Glen J. Golden | TED

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What if animals like dogs, ferrets, mice and raccoons could help sniff out the next pandemic? Exploring the science of smell, neurobiologist Glen J. Golden delves into the development of a "mechanical nose" that could detect diseases by identifying specific odor profiles.
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Why Recipes are holding you back from learning how to cook

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Are you tired of spending so much energy on your grocery shopping or do you feel like life is busy and there is never enough time to cook? If so, this video might be for you.
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You’re Filled With Microplastics. So What?

AdultsHealthHumanLife...
Plastic pollution has been called “one of the greatest environmental challenges of the 21st century.” Billions of tons of it has entered the ecosystem, and entered YOU, in the form of so-called “microplastics.” But are microplastics actually bad?