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Anatomy and Physiology
New ReviewPaul Andersen introduces Anatomy and Physiology in this podcast. He starts by describing how the form of an object fits the function. He then explains the themes of homeostasis and hierarchy. He describes the four major types of tissues;...
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How Do Bikes Stay Up?
New ReviewLearn the about the physics that allows bikes to stay upright and in motion, even without a rider.
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How Was the Grand Canyon Formed?
New ReviewI was in Arizona recently for Phoenix Comic-Con, and had the amazing pleasure of seeing one of Earth's greatest natural wonders… the Grand Canyon. More than a mile deep, and several miles across, it just defies belief. But I couldn't...
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How Do We Know The Universe Is Accelerating?
New ReviewThe universe is expanding – this we know from looking at red shifts of distant galaxies – but the acceleration of the universe's expansion is harder to measure. It requires measuring the change of recession velocity over time, and it's...
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Relative Humidity Isn't What You Think It Is
New ReviewHave you ever wondered why 75% humidity in the summer feels sticky, but 75% humidity in the winter feels super dry? Turns out, the common definition of humidity is inconvenient and confusing. But there is a better way!
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Plasma, The Most Common Phase of Matter in the Universe
New ReviewGet to know plasma, the most common, but probably least understood, phase of matter in the universe!
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Is JWST Living Up to the Hype?
New ReviewThe James Webb Space Telescope is the most ambitious space observatory ever launched, and nobody hyped it more than us. So is it putting in work? Oh, boy, yes. Yes it is.
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There’s a New Biggest Animal (Maybe)
New ReviewMove over, blue whale! Perucetus colossus, a basilosaurid whale that lived 39 million years ago, may have been the biggest animal ever. It has the heaviest skeleton ever found, which may make it the new largest animal of all time.
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How To Clear Icy Roads, With Science
New ReviewIcy roads are a huge hazard, and typical methods of de-icing them can be pretty toxic to wildlife. Which is why researchers have been so fixated on finding better alternatives, from brine to pig pee.
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The Founder Of Forensic Anthropology Was Wrong About Everything
New ReviewAleš Hrdlička is known as the founder of forensic anthropology, and remains a huge part of the story of the history of anthropology as a science. But his legacy of racism and just bad science is one that this field has been reckoning...
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The World’s Biggest Aircraft Can Fly for a Week
New ReviewIt's a bird, it's a plane, it's a... peach emoji? The Airlander 10 is the world's biggest currently operational aircraft, and though it won't be setting any speed records, it may hold the key to greener, more sustainable commercial and...
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The 5,000-Year-Old Mystery of Ancient Egyptian Perfume
New ReviewThe ancient Egyptians were masters of embalming the dead, but they left no record of the ingredients in their balms and perfumes. Luckily, modern chemistry is unlocking those secrets. And it's telling us a lot more about their culture...
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Everyone Was Wrong About Avocados - Including Us
New ReviewIf you’re a fan of avocados, you might have heard that they only exist thanks to prehistoric creatures called giant ground sloths. In fact, you’ve probably heard that from us. But as it turns out, the real story is way more complicated -...
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What Color Was the Big Bang?
New ReviewIf you could survive a trip to the very first moments of reality as we know it, what color would you see?
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Keep Calm And Recover From Surgery Faster
New ReviewCan keeping calm before a surgery reduce negative outcomes? More than one study says "Yes."
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A Vaccine That Makes Your Immune System ... Forget?
New ReviewVaccines for covid or the flu teach your immune system to remember a threat so that it responds when that threat shows up. Some researchers want to delete immune memories instead, because those aberrant memories are the cause of...
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Are Your New Memories Replacing Your Old Ones?
New ReviewResearch suggests there's a reason you can't remember much from your childhood: new memories are replacing the old ones.
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These Are The Coolest Fossils From 2023
New ReviewIt's that time of year where we round up all our favorite science discoveries of the year, and today, we're talking fossils. From a wild mosasaur with screwdriver teeth, to glittery gold fossils, and even a mammal-versus-reptile fight to...
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The Moon is Rusting. It's the Earth's Fault.
New ReviewThe Moon is typically 380,000-ish kilometers from the Earth, so it doesn't seem like they have that much of a direct influence on one another. However, the presence of hematite on the lunar surface suggests our planet is causing the Moon...
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This Light is a Different Kind of Invisible
New ReviewDark matter's most famous trait is its inability to interact with light, the particle version of which we call "photons". But in their attempts to figure out exactly what dark matter is, some scientists have proposed "dark photons".
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The Biggest and Brightest Space News of 2023
New ReviewIt's that time of year where we reflect on the events of 2023 - and if you're like us, you're thinking about all the coolest space-y finds of the year. So here's the brightest, faintest, and most magnetic stuff we saw in space this year!
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The Ocean's Most Important Crystal
New ReviewWhen we think of the ocean and what's in it, you probably think of stuff like fish, or salt, or seaweed. But there's a crystal that is so vital to marine life that they take dissolved materials in that salty water and build it...
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The Infamous, Brain-Bending Birthday Problem
New ReviewThere's a rather famous problem in math of probability called the Birthday Paradox. Let's get into how it works, and how creative uses of this hypothetical problem have real-world applications!