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How We Could Beat Childhood Peanut Allergies | SciShow News
More and more kids are avoiding peanut butter due to life threatening allergies, but we could make it so that no kid goes without a PBJ
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Can Cold Showers Really Improve Your Health?
Some people tout the health and productivity benefits of cold showers, but how much do they really do?
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Searing Meat Is A Delicious Lie
Your favorite TV chef might have told you to make sure you sear your meat because that nice brown crust helps seal in the moisture, but is that actually how it works? Michael explains the science of your cook out.
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"Abundant Water" on Mars, and Mongols Rule!
This week on SciShow news Hank explains what Curiosity has found, . . .water on Mars!
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New Surprises from the Asteroid Bennu - SciShow News
There’s nothing boring about Bennu! From its chemistry, size, shape, and spin to its extremely old age, it proves that even the smallest objects in the solar system have a bizarre and fascinating history.
TED Talks
TED: How I named, shamed and jailed | Anas Aremeyaw Anas
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has broken dozens of stories of corruption and organized crime all over...
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TED-Ed: Defining cyberwarfare in hopes of preventing it - Daniel Garrie
Can you imagine a future where wars are fought not with bombs and bullets but computer viruses and pacemaker shutdowns? Cyberware is unique in that it is not covered by existing legal framework and it often inspires more questions than...
TED Talks
TED: Why I train grandmothers to treat depression | Dixon Chibanda
Dixon Chibanda is one of 12 psychiatrists in Zimbabwe -- for a population of more than 16 million. Realizing that his country would never be able to scale traditional methods of treating those with mental health issues, Chibanda helped...
TED Talks
TED: Why science demands a leap into the unknown | Uri Alon
While studying for his PhD in physics, Uri Alon thought he was a failure because all his research paths led to dead ends. But, with the help of improv theater, he came to realize that there could be joy in getting lost. A call for...
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How Losing Your Job Changes You
Unexpectedly losing a job is hard, but it can also change you in the long term, setting off a cycle that may be hard to break out of, and leaving lasting effects on the way you see and interact with the world.
TED Talks
Benjamin Wallace: The price of happiness
Can happiness be bought? To find out, author Benjamin Wallace sampled the world's most expensive products, including a bottle of 1947 Chateau Cheval Blanc, 8 ounces of Kobe beef and the fabled (notorious) Kopi Luwak coffee. His critique...
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TED: Beware online "filter bubbles" | Eli Pariser
As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there's a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a "filter bubble" and don't get exposed to information that could...
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SARS-CoV-2 May Have Another Door Into Cells | SciShow News
Researchers think the virus behind COVID-19 may have multiple ways into cells—which could help us understand how it behaves.
TED Talks
Shyam Sankar: The rise of human-computer cooperation
Brute computing force alone can't solve the world's problems. Data mining innovator Shyam Sankar explains why solving big problems (like catching terrorists or identifying huge hidden trends) is not a question of finding the right...
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Meet the Machine That Barfs
SciShow News shares the latest insights into two powerful natural forces: El Nino and barfing.
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Planets Could Form Around Black Holes! SciShow News
This week in space. Scientists have discovered a black hole that could possibly everything we know about black holes, and also, evidence that planets, yes planets, could form around super massive black holes.
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A Baby Planet May Have Once Smashed Into Jupiter - SciShow News
Shortly after Jupiter formed, it might have been struck by an object that may have otherwise become its own planet! And researchers have a new estimate of how many Earth-like planets might exist.
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Dark Energy Could Rip the Universe Apart - SciShow News
There are a few ideas about how the universe will end, but a paper published last week suggests that dark energy might eventually rip everything apart!
TED Talks
Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice
Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.
TED Talks
Sugata Mitra: Kids can teach themselves
Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his Hole in the Wall project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own -- and then taught other kids. He asks, what else can children teach themselves?
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How the Internet Can Finally Answer Its Own Cat Questions
If we could find one silver lining to the pandemic, it's that we have come one step closer to answering some of the questions about our feline friends.
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Why Humans Feel Disgust, and Why Other Animals Might Too
You might think something is so "icky" that you try avoid it, and scientists think there's a reason humans, and even some other animals, do this.
TED Talks
Carolyn Porco: Could a Saturn moon harbor life?
Carolyn Porco shares exciting new findings from the Cassini spacecraft's recent sweep of one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus. Samples gathered from the moon's icy geysers hint that an ocean under its surface could harbor life.