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.
Online Friends vs IRL Friends - Which is Better?
Adults Human
More people are making friends online than ever before due to Covid-19. Are virtual friends better or worse than IRL friends?
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.
Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents - (Part One)
Adults Human
Dialect coach Erik Singer takes us on a tour of different accents across English-speaking North America.
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.
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 Investments Scams Work | Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller
Adults Human
Mariana van Zeller travels to Israel to speak with a big player in the investment scam business, and learns more about how prevalent these scams are.
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
Adults Human
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The Search for History’s Lost Slave Ships | Podcast | Overheard at National Geographic
Adults Human
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.
How fast is the speed of thought? - Seena Mathew
Adults Human
Travel into the brain to see how its network of neurons transmit your thoughts and what factors determine how quickly you think.