Science Selections
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Science Selections From Popular Scientific Journals
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Man's Best Friends - Feb 2021 Ars Technica
12/02/2021 Duración: 13minDogs have been our best friends for at least 23,000 years. They accompanied the first people to set foot in the Americas.
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Anti-Nutrients - The Conversation, Jan 2021
06/02/2021 Duración: 09minAnti-nutrients - they're part of a normal diet and not as scary as they sound. By Jill Joyce.
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Four Desires - Feb 2021 Brain Pickings
06/02/2021 Duración: 12minThe Four Desires Driving All Human Behavior. Bertrand Russell's magnificent Nobel prize acceptance speech. By Maria Popova
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Science of Cheap Wine - Feb 2021 Smithsonian.com
04/02/2021 Duración: 10minHow advances in bottling, fermenting and taste-testing are democratizing a once-opaque liquid. By Ben Panko
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10 Computer Codes Transform Science - Nature Jan 2021
30/01/2021 Duración: 35minFrom Fortran to arXiv, these advances in programming and platforms sent biology, climate science and physics into warp speed.
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Mental Illness & Evolution - Feb 2019 Scientific American
29/01/2021 Duración: 10minSusceptibility to Mental Illness May Have Helped Humans Adapt Over the Millennia. By Dana G. Smith.
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The Ocean's Largest Mystery - The Guardian, Jan 2021
29/01/2021 Duración: 11minAn ultrasound and chance sightings of potential mating rituals could help save these gentle giants from extinction. By Ashifa Kassam
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Knowing About Time - Jan 2021 Nautilus Blog
29/01/2021 Duración: 07minForget Everything You Think You Know About Time. Is a linear representation of time accurate? By Brian Gallagher
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Myths About Exercise & Sleep - Jan, 2021 npr.com
28/01/2021 Duración: 12minFor much of history, human beings needed to be physically active every day in order to hunt or gather. They didn't do formal exercise
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Stromatolites - Jan 2021 BBC Travel
26/01/2021 Duración: 12min3.5 billion year-old stromatolites built the oxygen in Earth's atmosphere to 20%, giving the kiss of life to all that was to evolve
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Visited By Aliens? -Jan 2021 The New Yorker
24/01/2021 Duración: 27minAn astrophysicist argues signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life have appeared. What's the evidence? By Elizabeth Kolbert
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Edge of a Black Hole - Jan 2021 Quanta Magazine
17/01/2021 Duración: 16minHot spots orbit just outside the black hole at the galaxy's center. Their motions give us a close look at that violent environment.
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Addiction to Caffiene - Jan 2021 Pocket Worthy
16/01/2021 Duración: 07minRegular ingestion of the drug alters your brain's chemical makeup, leading to fatigue, headaches and nausea if you try to quit.
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Massive AI Calculation - Jan 2021 Ars Technica
09/01/2021 Duración: 11minOptical hardware performs massive parallel AI calculations. Two research groups do it by very different methods. By John Timmer
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World-Changing Processor - Dec 2020 Ars Technica
01/01/2021 Duración: 19minHow an obscure British PC maker invented the Acorn Risc Machine (ARM) processor and changed the world. By Jason Torchinsky
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Artificial Mountains - Pocket Worthy Nov 2020
22/11/2020 Duración: 12minThe World Is Studded With Artificial Mountains. They're fake, but they can be spectacular (and hazardous). By Dylan Taylor-Lehman
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Smart Concrete - The Conversation, Nov 2020
15/11/2020 Duración: 08minSmart concrete could pave the way for high-tech, cost-effective roads. By Luna Lu and Vishal Saravade.
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Future Batteries - Nov 2020 Wired
07/11/2020 Duración: 19minA renaissance in structural battery research aims to build energy storage into the structures of devices they power.
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Brain-Computer Interface - Oct 2020 Ars Technica
01/11/2020 Duración: 12minElectrodes threaded through blood vessels let people control gadgets with their minds. By Adam Rogers.
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Remake the Plastics - Oct 2020 Ars Technica
25/10/2020 Duración: 08minIf recycling plastics makes no sense, remake the plastics. New catalytic approaches convert plastic into liquid fuels, nanotubes