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How to stay calm when you know you'll be stressed

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You're not at your best when you're stressed. In fact, your brain has evolved over millennia to release cortisol in stressful situations, inhibiting rational, logical thinking but potentially helping you survive, say, being attacked by a lion.
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The Future of Public Health: Crash Course Public Health #10

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We don’t know what the next big scientific breakthrough is going to be or what futuristic diseases we’ll encounter. But when it comes to our health, we actually have a pretty good idea of what could be next.
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Food Myths: Do Carrots Improve Your Eyesight? | WIRED

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Your parents always told you to eat your veggies, especially carrots if you want good eyesight. But can they really improve your vision? WIRED takes a look.
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Why you procrastinate even when it feels bad

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Explore what happens in the brain to trigger procrastination, and what strategies you can use to break the cycle of this harmful practice.
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Stress is Bad for Your Health: Crash Course Public Health #5

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Our identities, societies, and health are all mixed together in cool, weird, and often deeply unfair ways. One of the big factors that comes out of that mix is stress.
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There’s No Such Thing As “Warm-” Or “Cold-” Blooded

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The concept of warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals is outdated because there are actually tons of different animal thermoregulation strategies.
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Which Healthcare System is Best?

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Are you ready for the understatement of the century? Health care is complicated. Across the 200 or so countries on Earth, there are a lot of different ways people receive health care.
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How Laws Affect Your Health: Crash Course Public Health

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If you’ve been paying attention to the news since, oh, say, 2020, then you’ll no doubt be aware that public health policy can often create tension.
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The Deadliest Virus on Earth

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In the 1970s thousands of Chickenheads rained from the sky in Europe, making foxes and other wildlife confused and very happy. Why?
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7 Easy Steps for Finishing Big Projects! Productivity Hacks

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Hi Lovely and welcome to my channel! I'm Jess and I'm an Australian based content creator, best-selling author of The High School Survival Guide, and founder of Educationery; a stationery line for students.
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How Society Affects Your Health

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Society does a lot to improve our health, from sanitation to healthy foods. But society can have negative impacts on our health as well, and whether or not we get the positive impacts or the negative ones, can often come down to social and economic standing.
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Vampire Life is Hard

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This video was made in partnership with Bill Gates. Blood-suckers may seem like they have it easy, but feeding on blood comes with a lot of challenges.
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Why Fun Is the Secret to a Healthier Life | Catherine Price | TED

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Have you had your daily dose of fun? It's not just enjoyable, it's also essential for your health and happiness, says science journalist Catherine Price.
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Lungs Are Great, But They Have One Weakness...

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Our respiratory systems do a great job of protecting us, but they are no match for the smallest pollution particles created by the modern world.
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The Actual Reason Men Die First

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Because females often outlive males, behavior is often blamed - but there is a decent chance our sex chromosomes might be to blame instead.
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Do Other Diseases Have "Long" Versions?

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This video was made in partnership with Bill Gates. COVID isn’t the only virus to cause long-lasting symptoms. Other viruses - including the flu - can have similar enduring effects on our tissues and immune systems.
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The Super Secrets of Sewage

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In 2020, many cities started monitoring wastewater for viruses, and there are a lot of non-virus reasons to keep doing it.
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How does heart transplant surgery work? - Roni Shanoada

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Dig into the science of how heart transplants happen, how donors are matched and find out how this complex surgery saves lives.
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The Most Horrible Parasite: Brain Eating Amoeba

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If you too want to overcome your existential dread, make your life beautiful and support Kurzgesagt, you can get sciency products made with love in our shop. Thanks so much to everyone who's supporting us.
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Why are eating disorders so hard to treat? - Anees Bahji

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Dig into the psychiatric conditions of eating disorders, and explore the complex effects they have on the body and mind.
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Little Farms, Big Movement | Branching Out | Part 2

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In this Branching Out episode, follow along as Ginger Zee and her family meet the farmers behind Apricot Lane Farms (also known as “The Biggest Little Farm”) and learn more about a new eco-friendly farming movement.