Efectos de la creatina en los deportistas
MEC. Gisela Aguilar Martínez La creatina es una sustancia involucrada en la producción de energía en los músculos y en el ejercicio de alta intensidad, ampliamente utilizada en el deporte. Se sintetiza dentro del cuerpo humano, en el hígado y en el riñón. La creatina es un aminoácido descubierto en el año 1832. Quien realizo […]
Las corrientes oceánicas del atlántico y el cambio climático
MEC. Gisela Aguilar Martínez El punto de inflexión exacto para este sistema crítico es incierto, pero los resultados de un nuevo estudio son alarmantes y aportan nuevas pruebas de que podría llegar antes de lo que se pensaba. Investigaciones recientes arrojan que las temperaturas de la superficie del mar en el Atlántico Norte en un […]
Map of Science (and everything else)
In this video I investigate what makes a science a science, and how the scientific method is used in different subjects. I lay out all of the areas of human endeavor and show how they relate to each other from philosophy, through the sciences, to the social sciences, the arts and back to philosophy which […]
Map of Biology
Biology is the subject that studies life in all its forms, from the simple cell through to all the animals that inhabit the planet. In this map I lay out the subject of biology and how all of the sub-disciplines are related to each other: microbiology, genetics, bioengineering, anatomy, physiology, medicine, neuroscience, ecology, zoology to […]
Carbon Credits Don’t Really Work, But Could They?
Have you ever purchased a ticket for a flight online and have them ask you if you want to buy a carbon credit? What is that? And can carbon credits really slow down the climate crisis? It might sound like all hype, but carbon credits are becoming increasingly popular. By 2050, the demand for them […]
The Map of Engineering
The field of Engineering is amazingly diverse touching just about everything in our world. In this video I attempt to capture all of that diversity in one picture: the Map of Engineering, so that we can get our heads around it all and set some bounds on the subject. If you are interested in learning […]
El caso Dolly, 27 años después
MEC. Gisela Aguilar Martinez. El nacimiento del primer mamífero clonado a partir de una célula adulta fue un hito en el campo de la biología, especialmente para la genética. El nacimiento de la oveja Dolly fue un fenómeno científico tan famoso como controvertido, tanto es así que sigue teniendo al mundo dividido entre la ética […]
El abrazo como fuente de felicidad
MEC. Gisela Aguilar Martinez Abrazar es un instinto que, desde el nacimiento, y sin tener todavía conciencia, los bebés se buscan desesperadamente el calor de los brazos de su madre, para protegerse. Más tarde, tanto el sufrimiento como la satisfacción se consuelan o se reafirman, respectivamente, con afecto y contacto físico. Y esto no es […]
Your brain doesn’t detect reality. It creates it. | Lisa Feldman Barrett
Our perception of reality is not an exact representation of the objective truth but rather a combination of sensory inputs and the brain’s interpretation of these signals. This interpretation is influenced by past experiences and is often predictive, with the brain creating categories of similar instances to anticipate future events. The brain’s categorization process extends […]
Michio Kaku: Quantum computing is the next revolution
Dr. Michio Kaku, the renowned theoretical physicist, walks through the evolutionary journey of quantum computing, from analog to digital to the quantum era. Quantum computers hold immense promise because of their ability to tap into parallel universes, which boosts their computational power exponentially. They could revolutionize agriculture, energy, and medicine, solving complex problems like creating […]
Brian Cox explains why time travels in one direction – BBC
Professor Brian Cox builds sandcastles in the Namib Desert to explain why time travels in one direction. It is a result of a phenomenon called entropy; a law of physics that tells us any system tends towards disorder.
How AI is pushing medical robotics toward autonomy
Artificial intelligence (AI) applications in medical robots are bringing a new era to medicine. Advanced medical robots can perform diagnostic and surgical procedures, aid rehabilitation, and provide prosthetics to replace limbs. The combination of extraordinary advances in robotics, medicine, materials science, and computing could bring safer, more efficient, and more widely available patient care in […]
Se intensificarán las olas de calor
MEC Gisela Aguilar Martínez En recientes estudios se descubrió que algunas de las mayores olas de calor no han sido registradas hasta el momento. Dichos estudios también prevén que a medida que se agrave el cambio climático, estos fenómenos serán más intensos en el futuro. Cada año parece más común que las olas de calor […]
Decoded: What is Machine Learning, and how does It work? A short primer.
Deep learning, neural networks, imitation games—what does any of this have to do with teaching computers to “learn”?