The Crisis of Meaning [humans are not cats] YouTube: Studies have shown that people with jetpacks were on average 92.4% much happier with their lives.
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OK. A thing I didn't say, that I probably should have, is that we haven't actually had a chance to do as much research on marijuana as we should have. Edibles have different effects than smoking which... continue reading
posted by eric3579 6 years 2 weeks ago • 593 views • 3:40"... Even the parts of our brains that don't control physical movement show a lot of rhythm, and that might be integral to how our brains work..."
posted by ant 6 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 213 views • 2:55YouTube description: This video is about Simpson's paradox, a statistical paradox and ecological fallacy where seemingly contradictory results are implied by a single set of data depending on how it's... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months ago • 1,980 views • 4:40YouTube description: Frances Glessner Lee created dollhouses with dead dolls. In this episode of Vox Almanac, Vox's Phil Edwards explains why. Frances Glessner Lee's "Nutshell Studies of Unexplained... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months ago • 716 views • 8:16YouTube description: Our image of dinosaurs has been constantly changing since naturalists started studying them about 350 years ago. Taken together, these pictures can tell us a whole lot about just... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months ago • 1,290 views • 12:21YT: A total eclipse of the sun is an awe-inspiring sight, but throughout history it has also inspired scientific research. Studying eclipses has led to discoveries about the composition of the sun, the... continue reading
posted by Fantomas 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 46 views • 4:29YouTube: While we have long known about the existence of microbes — the tiny bacteria, fungi and archaea that live all around, on and in us — our full relationship has become one of the hottest topics... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 11 months ago • 15 views • 6:39YouTube description: Should we double down or give up and go our separate ways? This video will probably not make everybody happy. Probably for completely opposite reasons. Some people want less... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 weeks ago • 458 views • 7:42YouTube: Some things are not as they seem.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 1 month ago • 1,587 views • 3:45Is it a bird? A plane? A supernova? No! It turned out to be something else! We've also now studied the weather on a gas giant exoplanet!
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 200 views • 4:47Warning: May cause a germophobic episode! YouTube: We covered the Five Second Rule a couple years ago. And, just a few weeks ago, colleagues at the New York Times (and many other news sources) wrote... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 96 views • 5:43Via YouTube: A new study led by the U.K.’s Queen Mary University has found that even relatively simple animals like bumblebees can teach other how to perform somewhat complex tasks such as pulling a... continue reading
posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 595 views • 1:11YouTube: Medicaid is expensive, and critics argue that it get people insured at the expense of the private sector. But study after study find that Medicaid has a huge return on investment for state and... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 511 views • 5:19Public bathrooms are teeming with microbes! You know to wash your hands, but when choosing between a hand dryer or a paper towel to dry them off— what’s your cleanest bet?
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 92 views • 3:05It's not about how many times one does it. YouTube: I spend a fair amount of time talking about how social determinants of health come into play, with respect to health care outcomes. I also talk a... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 8 months ago • 568 views • 3:35YouTube description: Conceived in the open sea, tiny spaceship-shaped sea urchin larvae search the vast ocean to find a home. After this incredible odyssey, they undergo one of the most remarkable transformations... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 658 views • 3:23"Justin Schmidt is an entomologist who studies stinging insects. Through the course of his work, he estimates that he has been stung more than 1,000 times, all in the name of science. In fact, Schmidt... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 392 views • 2:31YouTube: Mounting evidence suggests a lot of published research is false.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 321 views • 12:22YouTube: The world has a lot to thank Henrietta Lacks for, and yet many do not know what she has contributed. From helping to create the polio vaccine to the study of radiation, Henrietta and her HeLa... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months ago • 20 views • 4:42