Año: 2023

The beaches of Tulum, Mexico are home to hundreds of nesting endangered sea turtles. Volunteers at the Xcacel Sea Turtle Camp help get thousands of sea turtles to the ocean safely. One volunteer, Aurora, gets her perspective changed from this experience.

How the Big Bang gave us time, explained by theoretical physicist Sean Carroll. In this Big Think interview, theoretical physicist Sean Carroll discusses the concept of time and the mysteries surrounding its properties. He notes that while we use the word «time» frequently in everyday language, the real puzzles arise when we consider the properties […]

The waggle dance performed by honey bees is a complex behavior that communicates directional information. In a recent paper, researchers demonstrated that younger bees learn critical parts of this dance from older, more experienced bees. Bees that learn without the benefit of teachers have errors in their dance, and while some of which can improve […]

This interview is an episode from @The-Well, our publication about ideas that inspire a life well-lived, created with the @JohnTempletonFoundation. Sometimes, it’s really hard to be happy. And there’s a reason for that: The human brain isn’t hard-wired for happiness. Why? Because happiness isn’t essential for survival. To make matters worse, our minds can deceive […]

You’ve probably heard that your metabolism slows down as your age. Turns out, that isn’t entirely true. A new study revealed that your metabolism actually remains steady throughout most of your adult life. Every minute of every day, your body is converting food or stored fat into energy to keep itself going—pumping blood, expanding and […]

These worms can eat plastic. Not only that, but they can digest it too! In the fifth and final episode of ‘Planet Fix’, we speak to the scientists exploring how nature is fighting back against one of the world’s biggest polluters.

Scientists have created a robot that «thinks» and acts like a worm after inserting software modeled on the neural connections in a worm’s brain inside a Lego robot. WSJ’s Monika Auger reports.

Uploading your mind to a computer might one day let humans cheat death. The technology’s a long way off, but researchers are working on closing that gap. This episode was brought to you and inspired by the movie Self/less.

Why does time move forward but not backward? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explains.

Death is inevitable for all known living things. However on the question of what, if anything, comes after life, the most honest answer is that no one knows. So far, there is no scientific evidence to prove or disprove what happens after we die. In this video, astronomer Michelle Thaller, neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris, […]