nderneath the surface, there’s an entire world of homes, businesses, stores, churches, even sports complexes hidden out of sight. And it’s nothing new – humans have been living underground from the beginning of civilization. And with the weather becoming more extreme, it could be...
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In this month’s Lightning Round video, I look up the deadliest job in the world, how much of your body you can lose and continue living, talk about bias in the media, and why depression might be a good thing.
Starting in the 1940s, a new surgery was being explored to help people with severe epilepsy which involved severing communication between the two hemispheres of the brain. It worked, but caused some very strange side effects. As researchers began to study these side effects, it led to an...
What is the shape of the universe? It’s kind-of an impossible question to answer. But thanks to studies of the cosmic microwave background radiation, we do have an idea of what spacetime is shaped like. And the answer is… strange.TRANSCRIPT:The universe. It’s big. It’s everywhere. It’s...
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, pressure changes everything. In today’s quickie video, I talk about a phenomenon that you’ve probably seen a million times and never thought twice about, but points to something fundamentally interesting about the world – bubbles that...