"... The eyes are often the first thing we see when we look at someone. And when you look at them up close, everyone’s eye color is a kaleidoscope of shapes and hues. How does eye color work? The answer... continue reading

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"... We’ve all gotten dizzy before… but have you ever gotten WEIRD DIZZY? I teamed up with Vanessa Hill from BrainCrat to answer the question 'why do we get dizzy?' and in the process we learned about... continue reading

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Mike Rowe the host of "Dirty Jobs," tells some compelling (and horrifying) real-life job stories. Listen for his insights and observations about the nature of hard work, and how its been unjustifiably... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 1 month ago • 16 views • 20:03

Kimberly Noble: How does income affect childhood brain development? Neuroscientist and pediatrician Kimberly Noble is leading the Baby's First Years study: the first-ever randomized study of how family... continue reading

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YouTube description: Learn about the life and art of Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo, who explored disability, relationships and Mexican culture in her work. -- In 1925, Frida Kahlo was... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 month 3 weeks ago • 147 views • 4:06

From Youtube, "Most of our pop culture assumptions about the Heaven and Hell come from a single source: Dante's Divine Comedy. A work that was so important that it may have sparked a reformation in the... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 month 3 weeks ago • 16 views • 30:42

YT: The Forbes Pigment Collection, at the Harvard Art Museums, is a collection of pigments, binders, and other art materials for researchers to use as standards: so they can tell originals from restorations... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 2 months ago • 423 views • 5:13

YouTube description: Thierry Coursier had a good life as a logistics worker. His salary was great, his work was comfortable and he sat at a desk all day. But, Thierry wasn’t happy. He gave up his... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 months 1 week ago • 479 views • 2:43

Using foundational computer science theories, Colin Morris focuses on understanding trends in popular music. Borrowing from the areas of bioinformatics and compression algorithms, he shows that the lyrics... continue reading

posted by notarobot 2 months 1 week ago • 117 views • 14:23

YouTube description: Ruben Orozco Loza is an artist from Guadalajara, Mexico. He is a self-taught sculptor. He creates sculptures of celebrities and everyday people using modeling clay, silicone, resin,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,417 views • 3:06

YouTube description: Scientific language can be difficult to parse through for anyone not well-versed in the field. That’s where acclaimed actor Alan Alda comes in. Through the Alda Center for Communicating... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 months 3 weeks ago • 495 views • 3:16

YouTube description: A bisected grape in the microwave makes plasma. But how does it work? A grape is the right size and refractive index to trap microwaves inside it. When you place two (or two halves)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 months ago • 689 views • 8:16

YouTube description: Technical details about what we're doing: We're working on a time-series problem called a Sequence Classification. Recurrent Neural Networks called Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 months ago • 559 views • 10:41

YouTube description: Babies and young kids are cast in movies just like adult actors, but there are special rules in place about how long they can be on set. Oftentimes, a director wants a baby to cry... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 months 3 weeks ago • 1,093 views • 4:11

YouTube description: Not too long ago, our early human ancestors were under constant threat of attack from predators. And it turns out that this difficult chapter in our history may be responsible for... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 months 1 week ago • 146 views • 9:52

YouTube description: Follow along as Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago works to conserve and restore this icon of Ave Maria. This piece was likely created in a workshop... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 months 1 week ago • 412 views • 11:31

YouTube description: What would it be like if our eyes could see more colors? We may never be able to answer that, but we can build devices that can do the work for us. Over the last three weeks we've... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 months 2 weeks ago • 379 views • 9:29

YouTube description: I didn't get much sleep the last two days, but it works! I'm going to keep working away on this project but in a different form factor. (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 months 3 weeks ago • 308 views • 12:14