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The Genius Spiders Changing How We Think About Brains
Go to https://complexly.store/ to support Complexly this holiday season! Despite having a brain the size of a pinhead, jumping spiders in the genus Portia can plan ahead, learn through trial...
Joseph Stalin Was Very Wrong About Agriculture
Soviet agronomist Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov was obsessed with plants. Especially finding out where domesticated crops first came from. And out of his research came a proposal that certain crops,...
This Is Where We’re Gonna Bury The ISS
In the middle of the South Pacific lies Point Nemo: the most remote location on Earth. This super isolated spot is home to a graveyard filled not with human remains, but hundreds of broken...
Why children get so many vaccines
Children get a lot of shots in the first few years of life. Here’s why. For decades parents and pediatricians have followed the CDC’s Childhood Immunization Schedule. It’s a monthly...
The salmon dilemma
Earth’s population is growing. We’re expected to have 2 billion more mouths to feed by 2050. But how can we feed all those people in a way that is still sustainable and ethical? Many have...
You can help reverse the overdose epidemic
The case for why we should all be carrying naloxone. This video is presented by Brilliant. Head to https://brilliant.org/vox/ for a 30-day free trial and 20% off your annual subscription....
What Dinosaurs, Pyramids, and the Atomic Bomb Have in Common
What Dinosaurs, Pyramids, and the Atomic Bomb Have in Common - Inspired by Collisions video: Check out Collisions: A Physicist's Journey from Hiroshima to the Death of the Dinosaurs, by Alec...
Do Glass Bottles Shed More Microplastics Than Plastic?
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Don't Drink The Ancient Forbidden Mineral Water
We all love a good mineral water. All those tasty particles must be great, right? Well, let's talk about the one kind of mineral water you shouldn't drink, because it's trapped inside crystals....
Many Crystals Take Millions of Years to Form, Not These
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Why Are People Starting to Sound Like ChatGPT? | Adam Aleksic | TED
Algorithms and AI don't just show us reality — they warp it in ways that benefit platforms built to exploit people for profit, says etymologist Adam Aleksic. From ChatGPT influencing our...
What is vaginal discharge, and what does it say about your health? - Elizabeth Micks
Explore what causes vaginal discharge, what’s a healthy baseline, and how to identify when there are unhealthy changes in the fluids. -- Our bodies are constantly producing, purging, and...