With Donald Trump’s recent announcement of ‘Space Force’, ‘Tales From the Bottle’ takes a look at one of the United States’ earliest military involvements in the final frontier. “Project A119, also known as A Study of Lunar Research Flights, was a top-secret plan developed in 1958 by the United States […]
What makes science reliable? The ability to reproduce the results of an experiment, known as reproducibility, is one of the hallmarks of a valid scientific finding. But science is facing what many consider a reproducibility crisis, and the stakes are high. Many scientific claims cannot be replicated, and many clinical […]
Bill Nye: Why We Explore New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Bill Nye has many feathers in his cap — he’s the CEO of The Planetary Society, has a brand-new Netflix show, flew on Air Force One […]
Can artificial intelligence technology help 12-year-old Kaden, who is nonverbal, find his voice? Learn more about how people with disabilities are using AI to improve their lives: https://to.pbs.org/2sYmaaT PRODUCTION CREDITS Digital Producer Emily Zendt Music APM © WGBH Educational Foundation 2018
A grim discovery that changed how we view the animal kingdom, and ourselves. ‘Tales From the Bottle’ dives into the four year Gombe Chimpanzee War. “The Gombe Chimpanzee War was a violent conflict between two communities of chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania lasting from 1974 to 1978. […]
Have you ever had a feeling that something big was going to happen, and then it does? A study by the American Psychological Association defines a precognitive dream as “a dream that seemingly includes knowledge about the future that cannot be inferred with by some prior knowledge.”. In other words, […]
“I know it sounds weird, but I felt an almost father-child relationship with this organism that was growing in my body,” the entomologist says. Stream “NOVA Wonders: What’s Living in You?” online or on the PBS app now at: pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wonders/#living-in-you Digital Producer Michael Rivera WHAT’S LIVING IN YOU? Written, Produced, […]
Trees have an environmental record etched into their wood, which means they’re living records of Earth’s climatic past. Play NOVA’s Polar Lab to learn how trees grow by simulating how they respond to different environments: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/labs/lab/polar/ Hosted by: Caitlin Saks Production by: Ari Daniel & Lorena Lyon Camera: Emily Zendt […]
A young man with lipodystrophy receives treatment after researchers find a hormone in a mouse that helps regulate appetite in humans. Stream “The Truth About Fat” on the PBS app or online now to learn more: https://to.pbs.org/39GoTsc Produced and Directed by: Sarah Holt Co-Producer: Jaro Savol Edited by: Sarah Holt, […]
Read the story: https://aperture.gg/blogs/the-universe/the-man-who-accidentally-created-the-cias-mind-control-drug Merch: https://aperture.gg/merch The CIA was convinced that the Soviet Union had discovered a drug or technique to control minds, and as a response, they launched a top-secret program called MK-Ultra. MK-Ultra’s main purpose was to conduct covert experiments centered around behavior modification. The alleged race for […]
