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Can loud music damage your hearing?

Adults Human
Dig into the properties of sound to find out just how bad loud music is for your hearing.

Four Reasons Our Brains Suck At Pandemics

Adults Human
You can read Bill & Melinda Gates' 2021 letter at http://gatesnot.es/3opAPWK​ Certain cognitive biases cause humans to make unsafe decisions in a pandemic, making a terrible disease even worse.

The artist who won a Nobel Prize... in medicine - Melanie E. Peffer

Adults Human
Explore how a scientist and artist discovered how our brains transmit signals throughout the body, and laid the foundation for modern neuroscience.

I Asked Bill Gates What's The Next Crisis?

Adults Human
I got the chance to interview Bill Gates so I asked him: Will Covid-19 be the last pandemic? How does he deal with misinformation and conspiracy theories? And what is the next disaster?

What if every satellite suddenly disappeared? - Moriba Jah

Adults Human
Explore what would happen if all of humanity’s satellites disappeared and the real-life scenarios that could lead to such a catastrophe.

The rise of the Ottoman Empire - Mostafa Minawi

Adults Human
Explore the early days of the Ottoman Empire, as shrewd political rulers grew the principality into an intercontinental empire.

Most Spoiled Kids in the World

Adults Human
Some parents spoil their kids with whatever they want, but when your parents are Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey being spoiled gets taken to a whole new level.

Who decides how long a second is?

Adults Human
Discover how scientists developed atomic clocks, which use the vibrations of atoms to measure and maintain a globally consistent time.

Would Living on the Moon Suck? - Dear Blocko #31

Adults Human
Animation by Steven Lawson Written by Michael Sago

Does It Pay To Cheat?

Adults Human
For some birds, trying to cheat your neighbors into raising your babies is just as much work - and is no more successful - than doing it yourself.

Why Do You Have Reoccurring Dreams?

Adults Human
Dream. Dream. Dream.

These SCP’s Could End The World

Adults Human
The SCP Foundation has been responsible for keeping not only our world, but our universe safe. They contain some of the most deadly SCPs known to man, because if just one of these vicious SCPs got loose, it could spell the end of the world!

How to Harvest Pecans (In Slow Motion) - Smarter Every Day 248

Adults Human
I hope you enjoyed learning about Pecan Harvesting as much as I did!

Can You Upload Your Mind & Live Forever? feat. Cyberpunk 2077

Adults Human
The desire to be free from the limits of the human experience is as old as our first stories. We exist in an endless universe, only bound by the laws of physics and yet, our consciousness is trapped in mortal machines made of meat.

Why Do You Have Reoccurring Dreams?

Adults Human
Dream. Dream. Dream. It's Dear Blocko 30!

What If Earth got Kicked Out of the Solar System? Rogue Earth

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The Search for History’s Lost Slave Ships | Podcast | Overheard at National Geographic

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On the bottom of the world’s oceans lie historic treasures—the lost wrecks of ships that carried enslaved people from Africa to the Americas. Only a handful have been identified so far, but National Geographic explorer and Storytelling Fellow Tara Roberts is documenting the efforts of Black scuba divers and archaeologists to find more, hoping to finally bring their stories to light.