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Grow Community: A Model Eco-Neighborhood on Bainbridge Island
Explore the Grow Community on Bainbridge Island, a sustainable neighborhood designed with innovative methods and eco-friendly materials. Discover how this project, led by Maria Preston and architect Jonathan Davis, focuses on creating a...
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Tesco Introduces the Trim Trolley: A Workout While You Shop!
Introducing the Tesco Trim Trolley, a revolutionary shopping cart designed to improve the health and fitness of shoppers. With adjustable resistance levels, it offers a unique workout experience while you shop, doubling the exercise you...
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Improving Heart Health: The Power of Tailored Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs
The British Heart Foundation has partnered with The New Opportunities Fund to establish 40 cardiac rehabilitation centers across the UK. These centers offer individually tailored programs to help heart patients recover and improve their...
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Micro Sensors: Monitoring the Health of Spacecraft and Premature Infants
This video showcases the development of micro sensors by a team of researchers at the University of Cincinnati. These tiny sensors, with advanced technology, are designed to monitor the health and functionality of critical components in...
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Are Roller Coasters Actually Good For Your Brain?
Roller coasters have the power to heal. Host Joe Hanson explores the world of coasters, exploring the safety protocols ride engineers consider in designing them and the impact they have on the human body. We learn about how the...
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Maradona: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of a Football Legend
This video provides a glimpse into the life and struggles of Diego Maradona, the World Cup champion and football mega star. From his incredible on-field talent to his battles with addiction, marital issues, and health scares, Maradona's...
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The Startling Rate of Teen Smoking and Its Dangers
Despite widespread awareness of the severe health risks, over 3,200 kids under the age of 18 start smoking daily. Understand the addictive nature of nicotine found in cigarettes and other tobacco products, making it extremely challenging...
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How to Stop Aging (and Should We?)
What is the future of aging? People aren’t dying as early or as easily as they used to. Innovations in medicine, health, and hygiene have helped us extend our lives by decades, but what comes next? Would you rather live to be a hearty...
Healthcare Triage
Zoning Rules Can Keep People in Bad Neighborhoods
We’ve talked about how housing is important for health. We’ve talked about how we can improve access to housing through stimulation of production through the LIHTC. We’ve talked about how we can improve access through vouchers and...
Science ABC
Air Conditioning Sickness: Can AC Make You Sick?
The cold air produced by ACs is not inherently harmful. However, you may start to see symptoms of air conditioning sickness if your AC fails to restrain the bacteria, mold, fungi, dander, etc., that are thriving in the air-conditioned...
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Understanding Nutrition: A Complete Guide to a Healthy Diet
The video discusses the importance of nutrition and a balanced diet for a healthy and fit lifestyle. It explains the different types of nutrients and their food sources, as well as the consequences of undernutrition and overnutrition....
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Epidemiology
The study of health and disease at the level of populations. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce...
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Vitamin
An organic compound required by organisms in very small quantities for growth and to maintain good health. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual...
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Omega-3
A type of unsaturated fatty acid, essential for human health. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce...
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Vaccine
A preparation that can protect against a specific disease. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce...
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Factpack: Forensics
The forensic and other techniques detectives use to identify victims. Chemistry - Atoms And Bonding - Learning Points. A Twig FactPack Film. Open a discussion on what has been already learnt in a topic, or use to grab attention at the...
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Mineral (biology)
An inorganic chemical element necessary for human growth and health, such as iron, sodium, potassium, or magnesium. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual...
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Pollution: Air
What are the major atmospheric pollutants and where do they come from? Discover what air pollution means for the environment and how it affects humans, from smog to acid rain. Earth Science - Human Impacts - Learning Points....
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What Plants Need to Grow
Plants produce oxygen and provide our food, but what do they need to live? Learn why nitrates, phosphates, potassium and magnesium are vital for plant health. Biology - Plants - Learning Points. Understanding how plants grow ensures we...
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Leaded and Unleaded Petrol
In USA in the 1970s, 200,000 tonnes of lead was added to petrol every year. Now leaded petrol for cars is banned. Discover the dangers of tetraethyl lead in petrol. Chemistry - Chemical Industries - Learning Points. Midgley Junior added...
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Why is Fat So Hard to Shift?
Discover why fat is important to our bodies, how and why it is stored - and why getting rid of excess body fat is so much more difficult than gaining it in the first place. Biology - Healthy Living - Fat is stored by the body when you...
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Malnutrition
Malnutrition is the biggest risk to health worldwide. It has become a common problem in the developing world. What is it and how does it develop? Biology - Healthy Living - Malnutrition is a chronic lack of nutrients. Malnutrition is the...
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What is Cancer?
Cancers claim more lives every year than any other disease, and come in many forms such as lung cancer, bowl cancer and breast cancer. Why are cancers so deadly and how can we treat them? Biology - Cells And DNA - Learning Points. There...
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Obesity - Global Health Issue
Over 500 million people suffer from obesity worldwide, posing a significant risk to health. Discover how a combination of fat rich diets and lack of exercise are at the root of the problem. Biology - Healthy Living - Learning Points....