Vitamin D and immunity
In briefDr. John Campbell reviews studies on vitamin D and immunity, including research on respiratory infections, during the early COVID-19 period.
Life, Mind & Health
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The surprising habits of original thinkers | Adam Grant | TED
In briefAdam Grant's TED talk on the habits of original thinkers, including procrastination and embracing failure. He argues the greatest originals fail the most because they try the most.
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Richard Feynman: Can Machines Think?
In briefAn excerpt of Richard Feynman's 1985 lecture Q&A about whether machines can think. He discusses the difficulty of defining what computers can never do and compares machine intelligence to machines that don't copy animals.
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ATP synthase in action
In briefA short Harvard Online animation, narrated by Professor Rob Lue, showing how ATP synthase works inside mitochondria. It comes from the HarvardX Cell Biology: Mitochondria course.
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Restoring the ancient Caledonian Forest Alan Watson Featherstone TEDxFindhorn
In briefAlan Watson Featherstone, founder of Trees for Life, describes nearly 30 years of work restoring the ancient Caledonian Forest in the Scottish Highlands, illustrated with his photography.
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You Need to Be Bored. Here's Why.
In briefHarvard professor Arthur Brooks explains why boredom is useful rather than something to avoid. He describes how a wandering mind engages the brain's default mode network, which supports creativity and curiosity, and suggests it may protect against depression.
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The Problem with America’s Lab Mice and Why it Should Matter to You
In briefA JRE clip in which Bret Weinstein explains his concern that most American lab mice descend from a single lab lineage. He argues this undermines how well mouse research translates to humans.
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Diet & Nutrition for Mental Health | Dr. Chris Palmer
In briefAndrew Huberman interviews Harvard psychiatrist Chris Palmer about nutrition, metabolism and mental health, including the ketogenic diet as a treatment for depression and schizophrenia.
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You aren't at the mercy of your emotions -- your brain creates them | Lisa Feldman Barrett
In briefPsychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett presents her research on what emotions are, arguing that the brain constructs them rather than reading them off faces. She says this means we have more control over our emotions than we think.
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I Grew Real Spider Silk Using Yeast
In briefThe Thought Emporium shows how they engineered a yeast strain to produce real spider silk, after more than two years of lab work and many failures. The video explains the genetic engineering process behind it.
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How dangerous are magnetic items near an MRI magnet?
In briefA three-minute demonstration with a decommissioned 4 tesla MRI magnet showing how magnetic objects are pulled in and oscillate along the bore. It illustrates the safety hazards of ferromagnetic items near MRI scanners.
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Adam Ruins Everything - The Real Reason Hospitals Are So Expensive | truTV
In briefAn Adam Ruins Everything comedy segment on why US hospitals are so expensive, covering opaque price lists, surprise bills and penalties for the uninsured.
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Giving birth costs a lot. Hospitals won't tell you how much.
In briefA Vox reporter tries to learn what his son's birth would cost before it happens and fails, showing how opaque US hospital pricing is even for the most common procedure.
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Organ & Body Donations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
In briefA Last Week Tonight segment on organ and body donation, covering where donations actually go, how donated bodies are used and sold, and problems in organ transplant programs.
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Genetic Engineering and Diseases – Gene Drive & Malaria
In briefA Kurzgesagt animation on using gene drives to modify mosquitoes against malaria, and whether we should. It explains the mechanism and the ethical trade-offs.
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Bike Thief 2012
In briefCasey Neistat's social experiment in New York City where he tries to 'steal' his own bike with various tools, showing how little stops passers-by from helping.
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Richard Dawkins demonstrates laryngeal nerve of the giraffe
In briefA clip from Channel 4's Inside Nature's Giants in which Richard Dawkins shows the recurrent laryngeal nerve of the giraffe during a dissection. The nerve takes a long detour down the neck and back up.
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Overview of Illumina Sequencing by Synthesis Workflow | Standard SBS chemistry
In briefIllumina's 3D animation of its sequencing-by-synthesis workflow, from sample preparation and cluster generation to sequencing on a flow cell and data analysis.
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Capuchin monkeys reject unequal pay
In briefPrimatologist Frans de Waal shows an experiment in which capuchin monkeys refuse a reward after seeing a partner get a better one for the same task. It illustrates a sense of fairness in primates.
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Wim Hof breathing tutorial by Wim Hof
In briefWim Hof guides viewers step by step through his breathing method, with some explanation of the science he cites behind it. It stresses learning from the source and avoiding unsafe settings.
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Medical Marijuana and Parkinson's Part 3 of 3
In briefA clip from the documentary Ride with Larry showing a retired police captain with Parkinson's trying medical marijuana for the first time. The change in tremor, dyskinesia and voice is shown unedited.
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Project "Iron Auntie" Success! Helping one of the last polio survivors in an iron lung.
In briefNaomi Wu documents her project helping Martha Lillard, one of the last polio survivors living in an iron lung, by fabricating replacement neck collars in Shenzhen. She reports the collars worked.
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Crowd Wisdom Principles
In briefA ten-minute explainer from Hypermind on the wisdom of crowds, covering Galton's discovery and the diversity theorem. It argues that collective intelligence comes from diversity, independence and aggregation.
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March 2020: Dr. Anthony Fauci talks with Dr Jon LaPook about Covid-19
In briefA short 60 Minutes clip from March 2020 in which Dr. Anthony Fauci tells Jon LaPook there is no reason to walk around wearing a mask. The full interview includes his concern about mask shortages for healthcare workers.
