Science360
BIOTECH'S FUTURE: RESTORING VISION TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
LambdaVision, Inc. a small business funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research program, has designed a retinal implant to help restore vision in people who have retinitis pigmentosa or age-related...
Healthcare Triage
Why Won't the US Study Gun Deaths?
Guns are in the news A LOT these days. The RAND Corporation recently unveiled a huge study on guns. We're going to talk about the minuscule amounts that are spent on studying guns, and look at the evidence around regulating guns and the...
Science360
Marshes And Sea Level Rise
With support from the National Science Foundation, Villanova University marine scientist Nathaniel Weston studies how both land use and climate change can impact habitat in tidal marshes, including how rising sea levels may affect...
Oxford Online English
How to Talk About Your Studies in English - Learn Spoken English
Are you a student? Do you study at school or university? If you’ve finished your education, can you describe what you studied, when and where? In this lesson, you can learn to talk about your studies in English. Talking about your...
Weird History
Rise And Fall of Joe Camel
The rise and fall of the Joe Camel cartoon is a lesson in disastrous advertising. As a marketing ploy, Joe was allegedly created to draw smokers away from Camel's competitors. The Joe Camel advertising campaigns utilized a masculine...
Healthcare Triage
You're Probably not Dehydrated: The Eight Glasses of Water a Day Myth
How much water should you drink every day? Not as much as you've been told. This summer, like many summers before it, has seen a rash of articles warning us not only that is dehydration is dangerous, but that it is also ubiquitous. Real...
Professor Dave Explains
Phylum Chaetognatha: Arrow Worms
Arrow worms are voracious predators who play an important and often overlooked role in the ecosystem. There has been much debate about this phylum's place on the evolutionary tree. Let's learn why that is! Spiralia part 8
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Trait Theory of Leadership
We'll look at the Trait Theory of Leadership that identifies the top 5 traits leaders possess and some examples and characteristics of each trait. Trait leadership theory is a common approach across organizational behavior, management...
Healthcare Triage
Is Drinking Tea Good for You?
After our episode on the health benefits of coffee, the number one request I received was to look into the potential benefits - or harms - of tea. That's the topic of this week's Healthcare Triage.
Healthcare Triage
Fluoride in the Water Isn't Going to Hurt You
Every once in a while chain emails or Facebook posts make their way back into prominence. It happened last year with HPV killing girls. Recently, it seems to be Fluoride. A number of you have been forwarding me a post from last year...
Curated Video
Zappos Founder Provides Insights into His Business Success
The video features Tony Hsieh, the founder of Zappos, sharing his entrepreneurial journey and the importance of company culture and customer service for building a successful business. He emphasizes finding your passion and making it the...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
James Kaufman - Creativity and Personality
James C. Kaufman, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Connecticut. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in Cognitive Psychology in 2001. Kaufman is an international leader in the field of creativity, known for...
Healthcare Triage
Sleep Deprivation and its Weird Effects on the Mind and Body
Last week we talked about sleep. We talked about how much the average person needs, and how much they get. We also talked about how you can't just rely on "averages" to determine how much you need. Sleep in a personal thing, and we all...
Curated Video
Is The YouTube Algorithm Radicalizing You? It’s Complicated.
In the past several years, there's been increasing concern that the YouTube algorithm contributes to alt-right user radicalization. Recently, researchers have tried to test this hypothesis, and they're not all coming to the same...
JJ Medicine
Low Testosterone (Hypogonadism): 7 Causes (Dietary, etc.) and Ways to Increase Testosterone Levels
7 Scientific Reasons for Low Testosterone Levels in Men and 10 Ways to Increase Testosterone Levels. Low testosterone levels can be caused by many lifestyle factors including dietary choices, stress, sleep habits, and chemical exposures....
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Elizabeth F. Loftus - False Memories
Prof. Elizabeth Loftus is one of the nation's leading experts on memory. She has been an expert witness or consultant in hundreds of cases, including the McMartin preschool molestation case, the trial of Oliver North, the trial of the...
The Wall Street Journal
A Game Changer for Depression?
Once known as a party drug, ketamine may help treat chronic depression. Hear from a top researcher how the drug can repair brain circuits and t he perils and promises of a new medicine.
AllTime 10s
10 Accidental Scientific Breakthroughs
Some of the most amazing scientific discoveries happened by pure chance. Pretty crazy right?
FuseSchool
Nature vs Nurture
CREDITS Animation & Design: Waldi Apollis Narration: Dale Bennett Script: Bethan Parry Have you noticed that you're different to your relations, parents or carers, your next-door neighbour, the kid who lives across the street and...
Healthcare Triage
You Can Do a Lot to Prevent Some Cancers
Americans seem very afraid of cancer. Much of this fear is legitimate. Cancer is a significant cause of death. Unlike other causes, it often seems to come out of nowhere. It's the "silent killer". But evidence increasingly argues that...
Healthcare Triage
Myths About IUDs
Last week I talked about IUDs. But there are still a number of myths and misperceptions about them. I covered some of them in my last book, "Don't Put That in There, and 69 other sex myths debunked". But all of you didn't buy the book....
Healthcare Triage
Medicaid has a Huge Return on Investment
Medicaid is expensive, and critics argue that it get people insured at the expense of the private sector. But study after study find that Medicaid has a huge return on investment for state and federal government.
Healthcare Triage
Shrooms, LSD, and Legit Uses of Psychedelics in Treatments
With all the recent studies of medical marijuana and its benefits, some researchers have become interested in researching the use of psychedelics like psilocybin, LSD, and MDMA for treating mental illness. It's hard to research though,...
Healthcare Triage
What's the Deal with E-cigarettes and Vaping?
I've found that of almost all of the topics I write about over at my blog, the one that stirs up the most controversy, the one that generates me the most hate, the most emails and the most tweets is e-cigarettes. Defenders of them are...