Everything is about to change.
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We can’t ignore it any longer. Generative A.I. like ChatGPT is going to change everything. It already is. Here’s what the future looks like from my vantage point.
Why Are Saturn’s Rings Younger Than Saturn?
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Saturn's rings are younger than Saturn, and the most spectacular sight in the Solar System is also disappearing. How do we know? By running our finger through some cosmic dust.
In The Future, Death Will Be Different
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In the future, humans will likely die of a very different suite of causes than we do now, thanks to advances in healthcare, an aging population, and changes in the environment.
The Most Dangerous Weapon Is Not Nuclear
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A breathtaking scientific revolution is taking place – biotechnology has been progressing at stunning speed, giving us the tools to eventually gain control over biology. On the one hand solving the deadliest diseases while also creating viruses more dangerous than nuclear bombs, able to devastate humanity.
Blindness Isn't a Tragic Binary — It's a Rich Spectrum | Andrew Leland | TED
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When does vision loss become blindness? Writer, audio producer and editor Andrew Leland explains how his gradual loss of vision revealed a paradoxical truth about blindness -- and shows why it might have implications for how all of us see the world.
How To Get Venom From The World's Deadliest Spider
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Huge thanks to the Australian Reptile Park for having us over to film – special thanks to Jake Meney for showing us the spiders and Caitlin Vine for organizing the shoot.
The Reason Why Cancer is so Hard to Beat
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An undead city under siege, soldiers and police ruthlessly shooting down waves of zombies that flood from infected streets, trying to escape and infect more cities. This is what happens when your body fights cancer, more exciting than any movie.
These Countries Are Cheating
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By overcounting how much carbon their forests suck up, and undercounting how much carbon their industries release, countries undercount their total carbon emissions.
Numbers They Don't Teach You In School
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There's a strange number system, featured in the work of a dozen Fields Medalists, that helps solve problems that are intractable with real numbers.
What Biologists Do: Crash Course Biology
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A biologist’s natural habitat is anywhere questions about life are being asked—whether the subject is a nematode or a narwhal, a single cell, or a whole ecosystem.
The Black Hole That Kills Galaxies - Quasars
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The universe isn't just a vast empty ocean sprinkled with galaxies – most of the atoms are actually drifting in between, in the intergalactic medium.
How To Get Venom From The World's Deadliest Spider
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The deadliest is probably the funnel-web spider and its relatives. The Sydney funnel web spider (Atrax robustus) can kill a toddler in about 5 minutes and a 5-year-old in about 2 hours.
4 epidemics that almost happened (but didn't) - George Zaidan
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What makes for an effective outbreak response? Explore successful systems from around the world that prevented epidemics.
The Fastest Maze-Solving Competition On Earth
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Welcome to Micromouse, the fastest maze-solving competition on Earth.
YouTube’s Science Scam Crisis
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There’s a tsunami of science spam on YouTube. Why does it all look the same? How much harm does it do? Do not watch these low-effort, AI-generated, cash grabs.
The science of super longevity | Dr. Morgan Levine
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Science can’t stop aging, but it may be able to slow our epigenetic clocks.
Burn Your Waste With... Water?
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Supercritical water produces fire without flames, which is great for making clean drinking water from our waste in space or breaking down forever chemicals here on Earth.
Are Life-Saving Medicines Hiding in the World’s Coldest Places?
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Could the next wonder drug be somewhere in Canada's snowy north? Take a trip to this beautiful, frigid landscape as chemist Normand Voyer explores the mysterious molecular treasures found in plants thriving in the cold.
What Are Plants Made Of? Crash Course Botany
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When you eat a salad for lunch, you’re digging into a giant pile of plant organs. That’s right—plants are made up of organs, only theirs follow a totally different set of rules from our own.
Halle Bailey Sits Down with Nat Geo Explorer Aliyah Griffith | National Geographic
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Executive Editor Debra Adams Simmons sits down with Halle Bailey, “Ariel” in Disney’s new movie The Little Mermaid, and Aliyah Griffith, Marine Scientist, National Geographic Explorer, and Founder of Mahogany Mermaids.
Primitive Technology: Roasted Ore and Shell Flux Smelt
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I tested 2 ways of improving iron smelts by treating the ore, roasting the ore and using snail shells as a flux. Then finally I recycled old slag to see if it would produce any more iron.