Healthcare Triage
Do Antidepressants Work or What?
A huge meta-analysis came out recently looking at how effective antidepressants actually are. It turns out, the results are complicated, and we had a hard time reducing all the stuff in this study to a headline. So, the title's a...
Healthcare Triage
Dark Chocolate is not a Superfood
Dark chocolate has gained a health food reputation, but is the hype too good to be true? Is it possible that a daily dose of something so delicious can improve cognitive function and heart disease risk? Let’s take a look at the science -...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Nicholas Gattis - Exploring the Sounds of Nature
Nicholas Gattis currently serves as the Director of Bands at Carmel Middle School in Charlotte, North Carolina where he teaches Band for grades 6-8, Jazz Band, and acoustic guitar. Nicholas received his BS Ed. in Music Education from...
Healthcare Triage
Weight Gain, Low-Calorie Sweeteners, and Responsible Translation of Research
A press release on a recently published scientific study has been catching clicks with the headline “low-calorie sweeteners do not mean low risk for infants, new research shows the impact ‘diet’ ingredients have on body weight and gut...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Giancarlo Corsetti: On the Effectiveness of Fiscal Stimulus 1/4
Giancarlo Corsetti, Professor of Macroeconomics, University of Cambridge speaking at the breakout panel entitled "Does the Effectiveness of Fiscal Stimulus Depend on the Context? Balance Sheet Overhangs, Open Economy Leakages, and Idle...
Curated Video
Healthy Fruits and Fasting
This video discusses the importance of incorporating fruits into our regular diet for optimal health. It highlights the various benefits of fruits, including reducing the risk of chronic diseases, aiding in digestion, and promoting...
Healthcare Triage
The Shocking Truth About Surgical Placebos
In order for a drug to be approved by the FDA, it must prove itself better than a placebo, or fake drug. But when it comes to medical devices and surgery, the requirements aren't the same. Placebos aren't required. That is likely a...
Healthcare Triage
Do Standing Desks' Benefits Stand Up to Research?
Research suggests that warnings about sitting at work are overblown, and that standing desks are overrated as a way to improve health. Let's dig in.
Curated Video
An Accountant's Journey from Intern to CEO of the Bronner Group
In this video, the CEO of a professional services firm shares her journey from being an intern to starting her own WBE consulting firm, leveraging the set asides for female and minority firms. She talks about the importance of...
Next Animation Studio
Pluto's frozen heart gives rise to planetary nitrogen winds
Pluto’s frozen heart of nitrogen ice may be the main driver of the dwarf planet’s winds.
TLDR News
67% of Americans Oppose these New Laws: The New Anti-Transgender Laws Explained - TLDR News
In recent months, states across the US have debated and begun to introduce a slew of new laws relating to transgender people. These laws often relate to trans health (especially for young people) and trans sports; both though are widely...
Healthcare Triage
That Booze News? Look Past the Headlines and Don't Panic
The recent alcohol study made a lot of breathless headlines along the lines of "no amount of alcohol is safe!" Well, it turns out, there's some value to looking at the nuances of the study. Aaron Carroll takes a look at the details. Soak...
Curated Video
Listening Practice: Is Salary or Personal Fulfillment More Important in Choosing a Career?
Listening Practice: Is Salary or Personal Fulfillment More Important in Choosing a Career?
Healthcare Triage
You Should Get a Flu Shot
One of the arguments you hear most often by people who don't want to get immunized against influenza is that the flu just isn't a big deal; it's just a bad cold. It's not. There are lots of other things people often get wrong about flu...
Professor Dave Explains
Methods of Testing in Psychology: Observation, Self-Report, and Experimentation
Psychology may not be as rigidly empirical as physics or chemistry, but it is a science nonetheless. So how precisely do psychologists do science? What methods do they utilize to gather data? What is a case study, and how can these be...
Curated Video
Waze Co-Founder Shares His Insights from His Entrepreneurial Journey
The video features Uri Levine, co-founder of Waze, a real-time traffic navigation app that was acquired by Google in 2013. Levine shares his insights and experiences with building and scaling a successful startup. He talks about focusing...
Healthcare Triage
Which Food is Going to Kill You?
A few nutrition studies have been circulating social media lately and need some clearing up.
Healthcare Triage
Soccer Concussions, HPV Vaccines, and Pregnant Drinking: Healthcare Triage News
How dangerous is heading a soccer ball? Who's mandating the HPV vaccine in the US? And how many women are drinking while pregnant in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK? This is Healthcare Triage News.
Financial Times
Brexit: why economists think UK will be poorer after leaving EU
FT economics editor Chris Giles explains the assumptions behind post-Brexit scenarios from the UK government and Bank of England suggesting citizens will be thousands of pounds worse off than if the UK had stayed in the EU.
Journey to the Microcosmos
Heliozoa: Round, Sticky, and Covered in Spikes
Heliozoa: Round, Sticky, and Covered in Spikes
Science360
Harvard University researcher wants to fix faulty learning
Susan Carey discusses her interest in studying abstract knowledge. Under a National Science Foundation-funded INSPIRE project, Harvard University psychologists Susan Carey and Deborah Zaitchik are studying how executive function...
Coach Dan Blewett
Pitchers' Mindset: Mental Training for Baseball
This is the mindset pitchers in baseball need to get better in the longterm. Are you asking yourself: What if another version of myself worked harder at X? Was stronger at Y? Put more time into Z? Who would be better?
Healthcare Triage
Nutrition Studies Are Just Terrible
Nutrition studies are really, really bad a lot of the time. Sometimes researchers don't do careful work, and the systems in place don't always prevent weak research from being published. Add that to the fact that media outlets tend to...
Curated Video
IELTS Speaking Test Series: Episode 1 (Part 1 WORK)
Today Jessica provides Examiner feedback for two IELTS Part 1 sample answers about work. You’ll learn high level vocabulary that will help you score band 9 for Fluency and Coherence. Jessica was an Examiner for 14 years and will provide...