Four Reasons Our Brains Suck At Pandemics
AdultsHumanNaturePsychologyMental HealthHealthScienceYou 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.
Why Robots That Bend Are Better
AdultsEducationScienceTechnologySpaceRobots of the future may be softer, squishier and bendier than robots today. This could make them ideal for space exploration. Check out http://kiwico.com/Veritasium50 for 50% off your first month of any subscription!
How Many People Did Nuclear Energy Kill? Nuclear Death Toll
AdultsEducationEnvironmentHistoryEnergyHealthScienceNuclear energy creates an uneasy feeling of danger for many people: ancient and dangerous minerals are concentrated to awaken seemingly unnatural powers, creating toxic elements that, if they escape, can and have killed people in horrible ways. How many people has nuclear energy killed and how?
The Illusion Only Some Can See
AdultsEducationPsychologyScienceAmes window illusion illustrates how we don't directly perceive external reality.
These SCP’s Could End The World
AdultsBiotechnologyHistoryHumanScienceCultureThe 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!
What If Earth got Kicked Out of the Solar System? Rogue Earth
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How fast is the speed of thought? - Seena Mathew
AdultsBiologyHumanScienceNeuroscienceTravel into the brain to see how its network of neurons transmit your thoughts and what factors determine how quickly you think.
How Large Can a Bacteria get? Life & Size 3
AdultsBiologyEducationScienceLifeIn and out, in and out. Staying alive is about doing things. This very second, your cells are combusting glucose molecules with oxygen to make energy available, which keeps you alive for another precious moment. To get the oxygen to your cells you are breathing.
Why no one has measured the speed of light
AdultsData ScienceEducationSciencePhysicsPhysics students learn the speed of light, c, is the same for all inertial observers but no one has ever actually measured it in one direction.
Among Us Science - When Does Lying Go Too Far? ft. TheAmaazing
AdultsGamingPsychologyScienceRelationshipsGaslighting in Among Us? Probably okay. Gaslighting in a real relationship. Not so much!
Can we build a "perfect" forest? - Jean-François Bastin
AdultsHumanNatureScienceEnvironmentHow can trees help in the fight against climate change? Dig into the efforts to rebuild damaged ecosystems and reduce carbon emissions.