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How A Nuclear War Will Start - Minute by Minute

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This video was made possible through a grant by Open Philanthropy.

What Does IQ Actually Measure?

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A huge thank you to Emeritus Professor Cecil R. Reynolds and Dr. Stuart J. Ritchie for their expertise and time.

Why Can't I Grow More Teeth?

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How come sharks get to have endlessly regrowing teeth when humans only get one set our entire lives? And how come some other mammals get to cheat the system? From elephants to baboons, we'll learn why teeth don't grow back.

How to enter flow state

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Explore the defining features of being in a flow state, and get tips on how you can find flow in your daily life.

The Most Misunderstood Concept in Physics

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A huge thank you to those who helped us understand different aspects of this complicated topic - Dr. Ashmeet Singh, Supriya Krishnamurthy, Dr. Jos Thijssen, Dr. Bijoy Bera, Dr. Timon Idema, Álvaro Bermejillo Seco and Dr. Misha Titov.

Penguin Siblings Race For Food | Growing Up Wild | BBC Earth

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In the harsh climate of Antarctica, Adelie penguin siblings take the term 'sibling rivalry' to a new level, their survival depends on it. Pitting the pair against each other will show the parents who is the fittest and most likely to make it in the wild.

How This Guy Became The Best Rock Skipper On The Planet | Obsessed | WIRED

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Kurt Steiner is record holding champion stone skipper—and a master of the physics that underpin the sport. A labor of love that's evolved into a world-class passion, see where Kurt harvests his preferred rocks, the qualities he seeks in them, and each factor he considers in order to throw like a pro.

Everything is about to change.

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We can’t ignore it any longer. Generative A.I. like ChatGPT is going to change everything. It already is. Here’s what the future looks like from my vantage point.

Why Are Saturn’s Rings Younger Than Saturn?

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Saturn's rings are younger than Saturn, and the most spectacular sight in the Solar System is also disappearing. How do we know? By running our finger through some cosmic dust.

In The Future, Death Will Be Different

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In the future, humans will likely die of a very different suite of causes than we do now, thanks to advances in healthcare, an aging population, and changes in the environment.

The Most Dangerous Weapon Is Not Nuclear

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A breathtaking scientific revolution is taking place – biotechnology has been progressing at stunning speed, giving us the tools to eventually gain control over biology. On the one hand solving the deadliest diseases while also creating viruses more dangerous than nuclear bombs, able to devastate humanity.

Blindness Isn't a Tragic Binary — It's a Rich Spectrum | Andrew Leland | TED

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When does vision loss become blindness? Writer, audio producer and editor Andrew Leland explains how his gradual loss of vision revealed a paradoxical truth about blindness -- and shows why it might have implications for how all of us see the world.

The Reason Why Cancer is so Hard to Beat

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An undead city under siege, soldiers and police ruthlessly shooting down waves of zombies that flood from infected streets, trying to escape and infect more cities. This is what happens when your body fights cancer, more exciting than any movie.

These Countries Are Cheating

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By overcounting how much carbon their forests suck up, and undercounting how much carbon their industries release, countries undercount their total carbon emissions.

Numbers They Don't Teach You In School

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There's a strange number system, featured in the work of a dozen Fields Medalists, that helps solve problems that are intractable with real numbers.

What Biologists Do: Crash Course Biology

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A biologist’s natural habitat is anywhere questions about life are being asked—whether the subject is a nematode or a narwhal, a single cell, or a whole ecosystem.

The Black Hole That Kills Galaxies - Quasars

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The universe isn't just a vast empty ocean sprinkled with galaxies – most of the atoms are actually drifting in between, in the intergalactic medium.