Robotic bed makes itself
Many consider one of the keys to success to be making your bed every morning, preferably the second you get out of it. Most of us don’t, so maybe we could benefit from a robotic bed that will make itself. The Ohea smart bed senses when its empty, and will automatically fix its sheets, duvet […]
The Beginning of Everything — The Big Bang
How did everything get started? Has the universe a beginning or was it here since forever? Well, evidence suggests that there was indeed a starting point to this universe we are part of right now. But how can this be? How can something come from nothing? And what about time? We don’t have all the […]
Fighting fatty livers
Most of us know the liver as the organ that breaks down alcohol, but it’s actually non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) that has doctors and scientists worried: 1 in 4 people are now affected by this fatty-liver condition. Fatty livers are reversible with changes to diet and exercise. But without intervention, the condition may worsen, […]
Following Carbon Dioxide Through the Atmosphere
Carbon dioxide plays a significant role in trapping heat in Earth’s atmosphere. The gas is released from human activities like burning fossil fuels, and the concentration of carbon dioxide moves and changes through the seasons. Using observations from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) satellite, scientists developed a model of the behavior of carbon in the […]
The strange case of the cyclops sheep – Tien Nguyen
In the 1950s, a group of ranchers in Idaho were baffled when their sheep gave birth to lambs with only one eye. Mystified by these cyclops sheep, they called in scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate. What happened? Tien Nguyen describes how, decades later, one team of biologists stumbled upon the answer. […]
Descartes en 3 minutos
Descartes en 3 minutos
Why is it so hard to cure cancer? – Kyuson Yun
Check out Siddhartha Mukherjee’s «The Emperor of All Maladies»: https://shop.ed.ted.com/collections/t… View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-it-… We’ve harnessed electricity, sequenced the human genome, and eradicated smallpox. But after billions of dollars in research, we haven’t found a solution for a disease that affects more than 14 million people and their families at any given time. Why is […]
Is DNA the future of data storage? – Leo Bear-McGuinness
In the event of a nuclear fallout, every piece of digital and written information could all be lost. Luckily, there is a way that all of human history could be recorded and safely stored beyond the civilization’s end. And the key ingredient is inside all of us: our DNA. Leo Bear-McGuinness explains. Lesson by Leo […]
Artificial Cognification: In the Future Everything Will Be Smart | Kevin Kelly
If an object has a battery in it or a plug at the end of it, it won’t be long before that item is intelligent – although Kevin Kelly, the founder editor of WIRED, questions whether intelligence is really the word we want to be using. “It’s best I think to think of these intelligences […]
The surprising cause of stomach ulcers – Rusha Modi
It’s a common misconception that stomach ulcers are caused by emotional upset, psychological distress, or spicy food. Yet no convincing study has ever demonstrated that these factors directly cause ulcer disease. So what does cause stomach ulcers? Rusha Modi explains how one doctor’s famous (and dangerous) experiment led us to the answer. Lesson by Rusha […]
Watch Elon Musk reveal SpaceX’s most detailed plans to colonize Mars
Elon Musk wants to build a metropolis on Mars starting in 2024. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/sai
A brief history of banned numbers – Alessandra King
They say the pen is mightier than the sword, and authorities have often agreed. From outlawed religious tracts and revolutionary manifestos to censored and burned books, we know the potential power of words to overturn the social order. But as strange as it may seem, some numbers have also been considered dangerous enough to ban. […]
Richard Dawkins: A.I. Might Run the World Better Than Humans Do
Will A.I. take us over, and one day look back on this time period as the dawn of their civilization? Richard Dawkins posits an interesting idea, or at the very least a premise to a good science-fiction novel. Read more at BigThink.com: http://bigthink.com/videos/richard-da… Follow Big Think here: YouTube: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigThinkdotcom Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigthink Richard Dawkins: […]
Is Reality Real? The Simulation Argument
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