El Antiguo Egipto en 13 minutos
El Antiguo Egipto fue una civilización que surgió al agruparse los asentamientos situados en las riberas del cauce medio y bajo del río Nilo. Tuvo tres épocas de esplendor en los periodos denominados por los historiadores Imperio Antiguo, Imperio Medio e Imperio Nuevo. Te agradeceríamos mucho que contribuyeses con una microdonzación: www.patreon.com/academiaplay
¿Qué es la grasa? – George Zaidan
Según se dice en el discurso, la grasa es mala. Bueno, en realidad el asunto tiene un matiz. El tipo de grasa que consumas tiene mayor impacto en tu salud que la cantidad. George Zaidan examina a los triglicéridos, las variadas moléculas que los forman y cómo identificar qué tipos de grasa consumes. Lección de […]
How do carbohydrates impact your health? – Richard J. Wood
The things we eat and drink on a daily basis can impact our health in big ways. Too many carbohydrates, for instance, can lead to insulin resistance, which is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease and Type 2 Diabetes. But what are carbs, exactly? And what do they do to our bodies? Richard J. Wood […]
How your muscular system works – Emma Bryce
Each time you take a step, 200 muscles work in unison to lift your foot, propel it forward, and set it down. It’s just one of the many thousands of tasks performed by the muscular system: this network of over 650 muscles covers the body and is the reason we can blink, smile, run, jump, […]
How to Cure Aging – During Your Lifetime?
What if we could stop aging forever? Thanks so much for help with the video to Lifespan.io. Check them out and learn how you can get active here: Lifespan.io facebook.com/LifespanIO https://www.leafscience.org/blog/ Kurzgesagt Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cRUQxz
¿Qué sucede en tu cuerpo cuando dejas de fumar?
El consumo de tabaco es un factor de riesgo para muchas enfermedades, especialmente las que afectan al corazón, el hígado y los pulmones, así como muchos tipos de cáncer. En 2008, la Organización Mundial de la Salud definió al tabaco «como la principal causa en el mundo de muerte evitable».
Blade Runner: una película de culto
Blade Runner: una película de culto
Ortega y Gasset en 3 minutos
José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955) fue un filósofo y ensayista español, exponente principal de la teoría del perspectivismo y de la razón vital —raciovitalismo— e histórica, situado en el movimiento del novecentismo.
How to make your writing suspenseful – Victoria Smith
What makes a good horror story? Hideous monsters and fountains of blood might seem like a good place to start, but as horror author H.P. Lovecraft wrote, “The oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” Writers harness that fear not by revealing horrors, but by leaving the audience hanging in a […]
Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?
Watch part 2 by CGPGrey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C25qz… If you could decide today… how long do you want to live? Thanks so much for help with the video to https://www.lifespan.io/hero – they are working to cure age-related diseases. Check them out! Kurzgesagt Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cRUQxz
Why Die?
Watch part 2 from Kurzgesagt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoJsr… How many people die in a day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMNGE…
Can Math Prove God’s Existence?
Can math stop the debate over God’s Existence? Created by: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown Written by: Mitchell Moffit, Gregory Brown and Rachel Salt Illustrated: by: Max Simmons & Gregory Brown Edited by: Sel Ghebrehiwot
The Chain of Life – The Amazing Consequence of Your Existence
You are the living ancestor of an unbroken chain of lives stretching from you, through your mother and your grandmother all the way back through the complete history of life on planet Earth to the very first life forms that appeared around four billion years ago.
What in the world is topological quantum matter? – Fan Zhang
David Thouless, Duncan Haldane, and Michael Kosterlitz won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2016 for discovering that even microscopic matter at the smallest scale can exhibit macroscopic properties and phases that are topological. But … what does that mean? Fan Zhang helps decode some seriously tricky science. Lesson by Fan Zhang, directed by Anton […]