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¿Existe una moral absoluta o es completamente subjetiva? ¿Qué dicen acerca de la ética los filósofos y los científicos?

¿El enojo sirve de algo? ¿Es posible controlarlo? ¿Qué pasa en nuestro cerebro cuando nos enojamos?

Scientists use fossils to reconstruct the evolutionary history of hominins—the group that includes modern humans, our immediate ancestors, and other extinct relatives. Today, our closest living relatives are chimpanzees, but extinct hominins are even closer. Where and when did they live? What can we learn about their lives? Why did they go extinct? Scientists look […]

The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world’s most complete four-dimensional map of the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas that is maintained and updated […]

From lemurs to lizards, ants to amphibians, sharks to chickens, hundreds of animals «play dead» as a survival tactic. But how and why do animals do this? Tierney Thys explains how this curious behavior, known as tonic immobility or TI for short, can be used as a defense or offense. Lesson by Tierney Thys, animation […]

When a team of archeologists recently came across some 15,000-year-old human remains, they made an interesting discovery: the teeth of those ancient humans were riddled with holes. So what causes cavities, and how can we avoid them? Mel Rosenberg takes us inside our teeth to find out. Lesson by Mel Rosenberg, animation by Andrew Foerster.

¿Cómo aprendemos mejor? ¿Hay educación fuera de la escuela? ¿Qué es el aprendizaje?

Estrategias para pensar. Un curso para razonar mejor y tomar decisiones creativas en equipo. Curso completo: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…

Un ejercicio de meditación de atención plena (mindfulness) para tranquilizar la mente y mejorar el estado de ánimo y la concentración. Si te cuesta realizar los 12 minutos, te recomendamos hacer primero la de 6 minutos por varias sesiones: https://youtu.be/IShkpOm63gg​

Black holes are among the most destructive objects in the universe. Anything that gets too close to a black hole, be it an asteroid, planet, or star, risks being torn apart by its extreme gravitational field. By some accounts, the universe may eventually consist entirely of black holes. But is there any way to destroy […]

During a virtual panel discussion at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, Robert Downey Jr. discusses the launch of Footprint Coalition Ventures, which will invest in sustainable technology companies to tackle climate change.