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(1:11) All aware - Panpsychism: The Trippy Theory That Everything From Bananas to Bicycles Are Conscious

(3:05) Art from the sea - Biography of Joseph Conrad

(4:38) Listen to the beat - What is a normal heart rate?

(5:19) April 7, 1948 - World Health Organization - Caring collectively

(6:30) More than a box - World-Famous Architects and Their Impact

(7:37) Before bullets - Physics of Archery: The Science Explained

(8:28) Naturally odd - Coolest Animals on the Planet Take Extreme Measures To Survive

"They are in you and me; they created us, body and mind; and their preservation is the ultimate rationale for our existence. They have come a long way, those replicators. Now they go by the name of genes, and we are their survival machines." Richard Dawkins

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(1:02) Everything and Nothing - Lao Tzu only wrote a single sentence about Yin and Yang, but it changed philosophy forever

(2:11) Stretch for life - Ways to improve your mobility

(3:29) Not guessing - When I lost my intuition

(4:57) April 4, 1975 - Microsoft - The main reason Linux was needed is founded

(5:57) Competing diversions - A Brief History of Sports

(6:48) Spies among - Historical Figures You Probably Didn’t Know Were Spies

(7:37) Ape strong - How Strong is a Gorilla?

“We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it” Rainer Maria Rilke

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(1:12) Embracing nonsense - The “Nietzsche Thesis”: Why we don’t really care about truth

(3:02) In our image - Humanoid Robots in Use Right Now

(4:16) Genius abused - Alan Turing: Creator of modern computing

(5:43) March 27, 1915 - Mary Mallon - Typhoid Mary quarantined for life

(6:50) As yet unknown - Science Mysteries No One Has Figured Out

(7:32) Winter rain - What is snow?

(8:37) Who’s a big lizard? - Komodo Dragon

“The greatest danger to our future is apathy.” Jane Goodall

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(1:22) The robot is listening - Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon

(2:53) Not what it seems - Optical illusions you can find in nature

(3:55) IHurting boys - The Pressure to ‘Act Like a Man’ Starts in Preschool

(5:33) March 17, 1992 - South African Apartheid Referendum - Not so long ago

(6:26) Building relativity - How Einstein Learned Physics

(7:49) Spaceship lag - Swollen eyeballs, baby-like skin, and the overview effect: how astronauts feel when they return to Earth

(9:03) Good doggy - The Real Difference Between Wolves and Dogs

“Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.” Franz Kafka

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(0:57) The origins of nothing - Why nothing matters

(2:23) So you say - The Origins of 21 Common Phrases

(3:23 Inventing ease - The forgotten story of the woman who invented the dishwasher

(5:05) March 15, 44 BC - Ides of March - Assassination of Julius Caesar

(6:03) The knowing ape - When Bonobos Know What You Don’t, They’ll Tell You.

(7:48) Less is enough - Great Classic Novels Under 200 Pages

(9:01) Less is enough - Great Classic Novels Under 200 Pages

“In the fields of observation, chance favours only the prepared mind.” Louis Pasteur

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(1:16) Unprepared - The Breakthrough Problem, or Why the Drugs Don’t Work Like They Used To

(3:35) Recycling dreams - The Science of Recurring Dreams Is More Fascinating Than We Ever Imagined

(5:25) Paying for convenience - The hidden cost of AI: Trading long-term resilience for short-term efficiency

(7:31) March 8, 1917 - February Revolution - The End of the Romanov Dynasty

(8:55) Muscle up - No pain, all gain: how to get stronger and build more muscle

(10:10) Word temples - Unusual Libraries From Around the World

(11:17) Nice kitty - Tiger facts

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage—to move in the opposite direction.” E.F. Schumacher

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(1:13) Born to cooperate - Are we naturally good or bad?

(2:33) Just right - The Swedish philosophy of lagom: how “just enough” is all you need

(3:47) More than words - Simplicity or style: what makes a sentence a masterpiece?

(5:01) February 25, 1964 - Muhammad Ali - Champion

(6:33) Robot fixes - Like babies and dancers, this robot learns from studying itself

(8:35) Not a dream - Why do we twitch in our sleep?

(10:27) Alive under water - Seals, sharks and spiny squat lobsters: Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025

"When you're a student, you're judged by how well you answer questions...But in life, you're judged by how good your questions are." Robert Langer

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(1:20) Recording thoughts - Meta’s brain-to-text tech is here. We are not remotely ready.

(3:13) Exalting questions - Why Kids Are Afraid to Ask for Help

(4:51) Being more - Harriet Tubman

(6:01) February 21, 1958 - Peace symbols - From hippies to ubiquity

(7:14) The innovations of threat - The most important computer you’ve never heard of

(8:44) Inside information - Make Peace with Your Unlived Life

(10:23) Seeing the human - Wild Fish Can Recognize Individual People

" We have met the enemy and he is us." Walt Kelly

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(1:10) All of it - What Percentage of the Human Brain Is Used?

(2:28) Words have meaning - Gaslighting, Narcissist, and More Psychology Terms You’re Misusing

(4:01) See what you’re doing - Use your imagination to prepare for any task

(5:28) February 4–11, 1945 - Yalta Conference - Rearranging the pieces

(6:37) More than shelter - How Igloos Work

(8:19) Winter wonderful - Surprising facts about snow

(9:18 ) While we still believe - Wildlife photo competition

“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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(1:10) The robot decides - AI's "Trolley Problem" Problem

(2:22) But why? - The Pyramids at Giza were built to endure an eternity—but how?

(3:43) The animal workout - Why isometric exercises are so good for you

(4:53) February 5, 1917 - Constitution of Mexico - Revolutions

(6:03) It would be too weird - Why don’t you remember all your dreams?

(7:02) A not so secret society - Facts About Dungeons & Dragons

(8:15) We had no idea - In the 200 years since the first dinosaur was named what have we learned?

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out —because I was not a communist;Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out —because I was not a socialist;|Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out —because I was not a trade unionist;Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out —because I was not a Jew;Then they came for me —and there was no one left to speak out for me. Martin Niemöller

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