The time I was a human incubator
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Premature babies majorly benefit from skin-to-skin contact with a parent –also known as “kangaroo care”– because it reduces infections and hypothermia and increases weight gain and parental involvement.
Can AI Catch What Doctors Miss? | Eric Topol | TED
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AI could propel the biggest transformation in the history of medicine, says physician-scientist Eric Topol.
The Power of Unconventional Thinking | David McWilliams | TED
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From World War II to the 2008 economic collapse and beyond, history shows that economists don’t always see the future as clearly as they think they do, says David McWilliams.
Historian Breaks Down Napoleon's Battle Tactics | WIRED
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"Love him or hate him, Napoleon is a figure probably unrivaled in modern history." Today Jonathon Riley, a British General and historian, breaks down French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's most prominent battles and utilized war tactics.
How Did Humans Evolve? Crash Course Biology #19
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What’s a human? And how did we become humans, anyway?
Why the wrong people end up in power | Brian Klaas, Bill Eddy, & more
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This is the psychology of an authoritarian unpacked.
I kissed nuclear waste to prove a point.
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The shadows of Chernobyl and Fukushima loom large over the topic of nuclear energy, fueling fears often unaligned with reality.
How to overcome your mistakes
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Explore what prevents us from learning from our failures, and how to become more resilient through cultivating a growth mindset.
Why Korea is Dying Out
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Every two years one million Japanese disappear, China’s population will halve by the end of the century, the median age in Italy has reached 48. All around the world birth rates are crashing – Is humanity dying out? What is going on and how bad is it?
How One Line in the Oldest Math Text Hinted at Hidden Universes
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A huge thank you to Prof. Geraint Lewis and Dr. Ashmeet Singh for helping us understand the applications of Non-Euclidean geometry in astronomy/cosmology.
How to Make Learning as Addictive as Social Media | Luis Von Ahn | TED
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When technologist Luis von Ahn was building the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, he faced a big problem: Could an app designed to teach you something ever compete with addictive platforms like Instagram and TikTok?
The Man Who Killed Millions and Saved Billions (Clean Version)
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A huge thanks to Dan Charles for writing a fantastic biography of Fritz Haber, for taking the time to talk to us about it, and providing valuable feedback.
More accountants are leaving the field than joining. What’s going on?
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More CPAs are retiring than are joining the field. What’s going on? Forensic accountant Kelly Richmond Pope explains.
Honey hunting in the dead of night | Primal Survivor: Extreme African Survivor
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Hazen lowers a beehive from a tall tree and plunges his hand inside to get honey.
The Single Most Important Parenting Strategy
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Everyone loses their temper from time to time — but the stakes are dizzyingly high when the focus of your fury is your own child.
How Do We Keep Life's Jenga Tower From Toppling?
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Some scientists believe we are in the middle of Earth’s sixth mass extinction: a big, precarious game of Jenga that involves every ecosystem on the planet.
How A Nuclear War Will Start - Minute by Minute
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This video was made possible through a grant by Open Philanthropy.