What will humans look like in 100 years? | Juan Enriquez
We can evolve bacteria, plants and animals — futurist Juan Enriquez asks: Is it ethical to evolve the human body? In a visionary talk that ranges from medieval prosthetics to present day neuroengineering and genetics, Enriquez sorts out the ethics associated with evolving humans and imagines the ways we’ll have to transform our own bodies […]
5 tips to improve your critical thinking – Samantha Agoos
Every day, a sea of decisions stretches before us, and it’s impossible to make a perfect choice every time. But there are many ways to improve our chances — and one particularly effective technique is critical thinking. Samantha Agoos describes a 5-step process that may help you with any number of problems. Lesson by Samantha […]
3 tips to boost your confidence – TED-Ed
Made in partnership with the Always #LikeAGirl campaign. When faced with a big challenge where potential failure seems to lurk at every corner, you’ve probably heard the advice, “Be more confident!” But where does confidence come from, and how can you get more of it? Here are three easy tips to boost your confidence.
The world’s most mysterious book – Stephen Bax
Deep inside Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library lies a 240 page tome. Recently carbon dated to around 1420, its pages feature looping handwriting and hand drawn images seemingly stolen from a dream. It is called the Voynich manuscript, and it’s one of history’s biggest unsolved mysteries. The reason why? No one can figure […]
The unexpected math behind Van Gogh’s «Starry Night» – Natalya St. Clair
Physicist Werner Heisenberg said, “When I meet God, I am going to ask him two questions: why relativity? And why turbulence? I really believe he will have an answer for the first.” As difficult as turbulence is to understand mathematically, we can use art to depict the way it looks. Natalya St. Clair illustrates how […]
How smart are dolphins? – Lori Marino
Dolphins are one of the smartest animal species on Earth. In fact, their encephalization quotient (their brain size compared to the average for their body size) is second only to humans. But exactly how smart are they? Lori Marino details some incredible facts about dolphins.
The history of marriage – Alex Gendler
A white, puffy dress. Eternal love. A joint tax return. Marriage means something different to everyone and has changed over time and across cultures. Alex Gendler traces the history of getting hitched, providing insights on polygamy, same-sex unions and even marriage between the dead and the living.
A brief history of goths – Dan Adams
What do fans of atmospheric post-punk music have in common with ancient barbarians? Not much … so why are both known as “goths”? Is it a weird coincidence – or is there a deeper connection stretching across the centuries? Dan Adams investigates.
Digital doctor: AI singles out skin cancer from photos
Can a computer recognise skin cancer? Andre Esteva and colleagues have trained a neural network to identify the difference between harmless moles and potentially deadly skin conditions – with remarkable accuracy.
Can you solve the pirate riddle? – Alex Gendler
It’s a good day to be a pirate. Amaro and his four mateys – Bart, Charlotte, Daniel, and Eliza have struck gold – a chest with 100 coins. But now, they must divvy up the booty according to the pirate code — and pirate code is notoriously complicated. Can you help come up with the […]
Immunology wars: Monoclonal antibodies
Our immune systems are at war with cancer. This animation reveals how monoclonal antibodies can act as valuable reinforcements to shore up our defences – and help battle cancer. You can find more on this topic at http://www.nature.com/milestones/anti… Nature Research has full responsibility for all editorial content, including Nature Video content. This content is editorially […]
The computer that mastered Go
Go is an ancient Chinese board game, often viewed as the game computers could never play. Now researchers from Google-owned company DeepMind have proven the naysayers wrong, creating an artificial intelligence – called AlphaGo – which has beaten a professional Go player for the first time. In this Nature Video, we go behind the scenes […]
Dyson Air Multiplier fans and a balloon – Official Dyson video
One balloon and a couple of evenings after work – Dyson engineers show how inducement and entrainment works on the Dyson Air Multiplier fan. If you watch closely, the balloon is sucked into the airflow from behind and to the side of the fan; this is inducement and entrainment of the air. Lots of experimentation […]
Historia de los Videojuegos (1983-1994) Parte II
En este vídeo os contamos la historia de los videojuegos desde la gran crisis del año 83 hasta el año 1994, año del lanzamiento de la palystation. Si todavía no viste el anterior vídeo al final del vídeo te ponemos un enlace… http://academiaplay.es/ (*) Fe de erratas: Los nombres de Computer Space y Galaxy Game […]