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How Emotionally Healthy Are You?

AdultsHealthMental Health
"One way to start assessing how badly we have been knocked by our early years - and where we might therefore need to direct most of our repair work and attention - is to identify a range of markers of emotional health and imagine how we fare in relation to them. At least four central ones suggest themselves..."

The myth of Prometheus - Iseult Gillespie

AdultsArtHistorySpirituality
Before the creation of humanity, the Greek gods won a great battle against a race of giants called the Titans. Most Titans were destroyed or driven to the eternal hell of Tartarus. But the Titan Prometheus, whose name means foresight, persuaded his brother Epimetheus to fight with him on the side of the Gods. Iseult Gillespie shares the myth of Prometheus.

Does It Matter Which Color Egg You Buy? (Why Are They Different?)

AdultsFoodScienceGenetics
Ever wondered why some eggs are different colors? There's a lot more science behind it than you might think.

Why do you need to get a flu shot every year? - Melvin Sanicas

AdultsHealthScience
All year long, researchers at hospitals around the world collect samples from flu patients and send them to top virology experts with one goal: to design the vaccine for the next flu season. But why do we need a new one every year? Vaccines for diseases like mumps and polio offer a lifetime of protection with two shots early in life; what's so special about the flu? Melvin Sanicas explains.

Trash Collecting Boats are Cleaning up India's Rivers.

AdultsEcologyNatureWorld
The boats scoop up floating waste and bring it to shore to be collected.

The Nuclear Waste Problem

AdultsGlobal WarmingScienceTechnology
Nuclear energy is one of the cleanest, most efficient, and most available sources of power on earth.

What is the tragedy of the commons? - Nicholas Amendolare

AdultsEcologyGlobal WarmingSociety
Is it possible that overfishing, super germs, and global warming are all caused by the same thing? In 1968, a man named Garrett Hardin sat down to write an essay about overpopulation. Within it, he discovered a pattern of human behavior that explains some of history's biggest problems. Nicholas Amendolare describes the tragedy of the commons.

Google Pixel Buds review

AdultsCreativityDesignTechnology
Google's Pixel Buds get a few of the basics right when it comes to wireless earbuds. Language translation via the Google Translate app is helpful in a pinch, and the Google Assistant experience is genuinely fast and fun. But these $159 earbuds are fussy, from the way that they fit in your ears to the way that they fit in the case. And not everyone will love the open design, which lets lots of outside noise in. The Pixel Buds are Google's first attempt at making wireless earbuds, and it shows.

Star Wars: Jedi Challenges puts you into an AR lightsaber duel

AdultsGamingTechnology
Star Wars: Jedi Challenges is a recently released augmented reality toy created by Disney and Lenovo, where you can use your phone to fight lightsaber duels and play Holochess.

How Bill Gates reads books

AdultsArtBooks
Bill Gates reads about 50 books a year, which breaks down to about one a week. He told us the four things he does to get the most out of his reading.

Elon Musk's Basic Economics

AdultsEconomyTechnology
Imagine a $2,000 car... or a $100 laptop... or a $70 iPhone... or imagine any product, ten times cheaper than it was.

Why should you read "Macbeth"? - Brendan Pelsue

AdultsArtBooks
There's a play so powerful that an old superstition says its name should never be uttered in a theater.

How Drug Companies Make You Buy More Medicine Than You Need

AdultsBusinessHealthAddiction
They make eye drops too big -- and make you pay for the waste. This is our first installment in our collaboration with ProPublica.

Should You Eat Every Day?

AdultsFoodHealthPhilosophy
An intermittent fasting diet is one of the hippest new nutrition and fitness philosophies, based around the idea that going hungry can be good for your health.

Which Way Is Down?

AdultsPhysicsScienceSpace
Vsauce host Michael Stevens digs deep into the ever-changing concept of the direction "down," what causes things to fall, and digs into how masses really, really want to pull towards each other in our universe, thanks to gravitational forces.

Why Is Your Grandma So Short?

AdultsFamilyFoodHistory
Nutrition during the first few years of life has a huge impact on adult height, and since nutrition has been getting better over time, humanity - including your family - is getting taller.

Why Are You Anxious?

AdultsBiologyHuman
When you're feeling or stressed, your body releases stress hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol...

What Would Happen If You Never Brushed Your Teeth?

AdultsHealthWellness
Besides bad breath, there are some SERIOUS consequences if you don't brush your teeth!

How many verb tenses are there in English?

AdultsCultureLanguage
How many different verb tenses are there in a language like English? At first, the answer seems obvious - there's past, present, and future.

How to Cure Aging - During Your Lifetime?

AdultsHealthHumanScience
What if we could stop aging forever?

All Hollywood VFX Removed! What Movies Really Look Like

AdultsFilmTechnologyVisual Design
It used to be that what you saw on a movie set would pretty much be what you saw in the final movie. If you wanted to have a mountain in the background, you'd have to go to one.