Forget what you know | Jacob Barnett
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Jacob Barnett is an American mathematician and child prodigy. At 8 years old, Jacob began sneaking into the back of college lectures at IUPUI.
How Do Squirrels Find Their Nuts?
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Have an idea for an episode or an amazing science question you want answered? Leave a comment.
The Specious Present
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What is the specious present? And how do our brains perceive time?
The Speed of Life Veritasium
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Why does time appear to speed up as we get older? Can we slow it down?
This Will Revolutionize Education
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Many technologies have promised to revolutionize education, but so far none has. With that in mind, what could revolutionize education?
Colour Mixing: The Mystery of Magenta
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Why doesn't magenta appear in the rainbow? The answer lies not in physics but in biology.
Effective Communication
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Learning how to better communicate and interact with others can really help to improve your life -- from ensuring you enjoy parties more to turning you into a roaring success magnet. Bestselling author of How to Succeed with People Paul McGee takes us through a host of different situations and explains how to deal with other people and get the best out of them.
Virgin Disruptors 2015
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Is education keeping up with the 21st century?
The 9 BEST Scientific Study Tips
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Ace any exam with these study tips!
Masterpiece for Osmo
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Introducing Masterpiece, an Osmo app that will allow you to supercharge your drawing skills! Pick any image from the camera, curated gallery, or integrated web search and Masterpiece will transform it into easy-to-follow lines and help you draw it to perfection. You can then share a magical time-lapse video of your creation with your friends and family.
Learned Helplessness
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Learned helplessness can prevent people from achieving their goals, something I've experienced first hand.
Just how small is an atom?
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Just how small are atoms? And what's inside them? The answers turn out to be astounding, even for those who think they know. This fast-paced animation uses spectacular metaphors (imagine a blueberry the size of a football stadium!) to give a visceral sense of the building blocks that make our world.
Comma story - Terisa Folaron
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It isn't easy holding complex sentences together (just ask a conjunction or a subordinate), but the clever little comma can help lighten the load. But how to tell when help is really needed? Terisa Folaron offers some tricks of the comma trade.
Talent vs Training
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Which is more important - genetics or hard work?
How To Fly A Spaceship
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Learn How To Fly A Spaceship To The Space Station With A Retired Astronaut!
Why do we get dark bags under our eyes?
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A weekly show where we endeavour to answer one of your big questions. This week, "bored during school" asks, "Why do we get dark bags under our eyes when we're tired?"
Maidan Square Uprising Students - Smrt Scholarship Program
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15 students who participated in the Maidan Square uprising received scholarships to attend an 8 week English course at the Canadian College of English Language - summer 2014.
An Affordable 3D-Printed Arm
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Students at UCF are designing an inexpensive 3D printed arm for kids.
Why Vaccines Work
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As more and more parents are choosing not to vaccinate their children or are vaccinating them later, diseases like measles are making a comeback. Are vaccines safe? How do they work? This week we look at why are people afraid of something that has saved so many lives, and look at the history and science of vaccines.
Can Video Games Make You Smarter?
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Are video games good for you?
Exploring other dimensions - Alex Rosenthal and George Zaidan
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Imagine a two-dimensional world -- you, your friends, everything is 2D. In his 1884 novella, Edwin Abbott invented this world and called it Flatland. Alex Rosenthal and George Zaidan take the premise of Flatland one dimension further, imploring us to consider how we would see dimensions different from our own and why the exploration just may be worth it.