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- I'm Uncertain How to Feel About 2023SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓2023 was a wild year with everything from scorching temperatures to massive wildfires. Even with more renewable energy than ever, 2023’s climate data still seems really bad. So how should we think about climate change today? And what can we do about it? Learn what climate scientists think about 2023’s climate milestones, what the models tell us about the future of Earth’s climate, and how we can tackle climate doomerism.Join our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart-----------High fives to all our Brain Trust Patrons:Ed EydenJennifer BurtonCharles Horton, JrHolly, Brett, and Ashe BullionJaap WesteraMehdi DamouBarbora BeiBurt Humburgdani bowmanDavid JohnstonBaerbel WinklerEric MeerKaren HaskellJoin us on Patreon!https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartInstagramhttp://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmartFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/Merchhttps://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart
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13 min - Reasons to be Upbeat (Thanks to Science!)Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonateLinks to all these awesome stories below!Finish 2016 on a high note and SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub↓ More info and sources below ↓Want to wear your love for science? We’ve got merch: http://dftba.com/besmart1. Gravitational waves: http://www.nature.com/news/gravitational-waves-1.193212. AlphaGo beats Lee Sedol: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/03/the-invisible-opponent/475611/3. CRISPR tested in a human: http://www.nature.com/news/crispr-gene-editing-tested-in-a-person-for-the-first-time-1.209884. Minimal synthetic organism: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/synthetic-microbe-lives-less-500-genes5. SpaceX rocket landings: http://www.space.com/33461-spacex-rocket-landings-video-supercut.html6. Closest known exoplanet: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1629/7. Alzheimer’s drug trial success: http://www.sciencealert.com/a-new-alzheimer-s-drug-just-hit-a-major-milestone-in-a-human-clinical-trial8. Three-parent baby born: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2107219-exclusive-worlds-first-baby-born-with-new-3-parent-technique/9. Paris climate agreement goes into effect: https://www.wired.com/2016/12/2016-pivotal-year-war-climate-change/10. Antarctic ozone hole is healing: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-3667499611. Ross Sea becomes largest marine protected area: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/ross-sea-marine-protected-area-antarctica/12. Giant pandas are no longer endangeredL http://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/giant-panda-no-longer-endangered13. Wild tigers on the rise: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/160410-tiger-numbers-rise-wwf-conservation-double-population/14. Cool new species: http://www.livescience.com/54546-chewbacca-beetle-from-new-guinea.htmlhttp://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/02/480437128/insect-named-for-ruth-bader-ginsburg-is-step-toward-equality-of-the-6-legged-sexhttp://www.livescience.com/55563-game-of-thrones-dragon-ant.htmlhttp://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-3832509915. Casper the ghost octopus: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/03/06/check_out_ghost_like_octopus_dubbed_casper_that_could_be_new_species.html16. Ghost shark filmed: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/pointy-nosed-blue-chimaeras-ghost-sharks/17. LIchen symbiosis decoded: http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/07/how-a-guy-from-a-montana-trailer-park-upturned-150-years-of-biology/491702/18. Jeremy the backwards snail finds a partner: http://www.wired.co.uk/article/snail-jeremy-left-handed-love19. Solar powered plane flies around world: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/26/solar-impulse-plane-makes-history-completing-round-the-world-trip20. New glasses for colorblind people: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601782/how-enchromas-glasses-correct-color-blindness/21. Juno mission updates: https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/22. Rosetta completes comet mission: http://gizmodo.com/watch-rosetta-s-entire-mission-to-a-comet-in-just-four-179043858623. Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko’s year in space: https://www.nasa.gov/content/a-year-in-space----------------It’s Okay To Be Smart is written and hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D.Have an idea for an episode or an amazing science question you want answered? Leave a comment or check us out at the links below!Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitter: http://twitter.com/okaytobesmarthttp://twitter.com/jtotheizzoeTumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.comInstagram: http://instagram.com/jtotheizzoeSnapchat: YoDrJoeProduced by PBS Digital StudiosMusic via APMStock images from SciencePhoto http://www.sciencephoto.com/ and Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com
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7 min - Ask Joe Matters #6Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonateSubscribe so we can hit 1 MILLION! http://bit.ly/iotbs_subGet yourself an awesome I DID A SCIENCE shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart↓ More info and sources below ↓How far would ocean viruses stretch? http://www.virology.ws/2009/10/19/ten-cool-facts-about-viruses/Follow Aaron Pomerantz!Twitter @AaronPomerantzYouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHr0u7Jsktou2CFl2GhTxYAhttp://www.thenextgenscientist.com/Videos referenced in this episode:Is Big Data Getting Too Big? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTMkc0bLRlIMusical Tesla Coils in Slow Motion! Featuring Physics Girl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGhNgeg9IAwIs Ultron Inevitable? Ft. Vsauce3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Irmtk5QG8sCould Planet Minecraft Actually Exist? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5N7d8mcQk4Why Are You Multicellular? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdVc2J_OwDcThe Most Important Moment in the History of Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf06MlX8yikTraveling Light (from Vsauce3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOoFkwj91pkDo Plants Think? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm6zfHzvqX4Why Do We Have To Sleep? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mufsteNrTIHurricanes: Engines of Destruction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtu2_ziBI_wI don’t know why anyone would want to read this, but here’s my dissertation:http://bit.ly/2cU8DuN----------------It’s Okay To Be Smart is written and hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D.Have an idea for an episode or an amazing science question you want answered? Leave a comment or check us out at the links below!Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitter: http://twitter.com/okaytobesmarthttp://twitter.com/jtotheizzoeTumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.comInstagram: http://instagram.com/jtotheizzoeSnapchat: YoDrJoeProduced by PBS Digital StudiosMusic via APMStock images from SciencePhoto http://www.sciencephoto.com/ and Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com
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12 min - How Bees Can Observe the InvisiblePBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY↓ More info and sources below ↓Bees see the world in some very interesting waysClick here to SUBSCRIBE, it's FREE! -- http://bit.ly/iotbs_subTo begin this video, we launched a little confetti to celebrate the fact that I am now "Dr. Joe", since I successfully defended my Ph.D. in molecular biology! Woo! But you don't have to call me "Doctor."Anyway, spring is in the air!! We're all thawing out from winter's chill, and for bees and flowers this season is about one thing: Feeding and fertilizing. Bees are amazing social insects, and their relationship with flowers is one of nature's coolest examples of "mutualism". It got me wondering: How do bees see the world? Enjoy this look at how bees see in ultraviolet and even sense electric fields!References for this episode: http://dft.ba/-5Am1Written and hosted by Joe HansonProduced by Painted On Productions (http://www.paintedon.com/)Clips used:Louie Schwartzberg - The hidden beauty of pollination https://vimeo.com/27328081Jay Woo - October 1st https://vimeo.com/50513099Music: Edvard Grieg "Morning Mood"Special thanks to Klaus Schmitt for allowing us to use his awesome UV flower photos: All images used © Dr Schmitt, Weinheim Germany, http://uvir.eu-----------Join us on Patreon!https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitterhttp://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmartInstagramhttp://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmartMerchhttps://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smartFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/
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5 min - Why Does Music Captivate Us?PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY↓ More info and sources below ↓Why does music give us all the feels?Click here to SUBSCRIBE, it's FREE! -- http://bit.ly/iotbs_subWhy does music make us feel happy or sad? Or angry or romantic? How can simple sound waves cause so much emotion? I went from my comfy chair to the streets of Austin to investigate how it might be written into our neuroscience and evolution. Modern neuroscience says our brains may be wired to pick certain emotions out of music because they remind us of how people move!Humans are the only species we know that creates and communicate using music, but it's still unclear how or why we do that, brain-wise. Is it just a lucky side effect of evolution, like Steven Pinker says? Or is it a deeper part of our evolutionary history, as people like Mark Changizi and Daniel Levitin argue?New evolutionary science says that we may read emotion in music because it relates to how we sense emotion in people's movements. We'll take a trip from Austin to Dartmouth to Cambodia to hear why music makes us feel so many feels. The connections between movement and music go far beyond dance moves!Mike over at Idea Channel has a different opinion, head on over and check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWWYE4eLEfkReferences for this episode: http://dft.ba/-5ECRSpecial thanks to Dartmouth's Thalia Wheatley and Beau Sievers, who did the research. You can read more about it here:http://wheatlab.virb.com/dynamicshttp://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/18/why-does-music-move-us-so/Written and hosted by Joe HansonProduced by Painted On Productions (http://www.paintedon.com/)-----------Join us on Patreon!https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitterhttp://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmartInstagramhttp://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmartMerchhttps://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smartFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/
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7 min - My Afternoon With A Giant Pacific Octopus!Join the community ►► https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_subMore below:Joe went behind the scenes at Monterey Bay Aquarium to meet the Giant Pacific Octopus, a powerful and curious creature that challenges many of our notions of intelligence!-----------FOLLOW US for more curiosity:Twitterhttp://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmartInstagramhttp://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmartMerchhttps://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smartFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/Books from our episodes:http://smart-books.tumblr.com/
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6 min - Mindfulness in the Digital AgePBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateOKAY↓ More info and sources below ↓In a world of distractions, how do we pay attention?It seems like every week someone tells us how the internet and the digital age are overloading our brains. Sure, sometimes it feels like we're being fed more information than we can handle, that we're paying attention to the wrong things. Are we giving our brain a fair shot?I explore some science that show how paying attention can be a bad thing, and then some science about how paying attention can be a very helpful thingSpecial cameos by Hank Green and Mike Rugnetta!Further reading:The original Simons and Chabris experiment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2MvoThe cocktail party effect: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/03/07/173613681/hear-that-in-a-din-of-voices-our-brains-can-tune-to-oneThe illusion of attention: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/neurophilosophy/2011/aug/11/neuroscience-psychologyHow is the internet changing our brains? (Harold Rheingold and more) http://www.edge.org/q2010/q10_index.html#responsesSherry Turkle - Alone Together http://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together.htmlWritten and hosted by Joe HansonProduced by Painted On Productions (http://www.paintedon.com/)-----------Join us on Patreon!https://patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitterhttp://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmartInstagramhttp://www.instagram.com/DrJoeHansonhttp://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmartMerchhttps://store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smartFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/
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8 min - The Strange Science of Why We Dream
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It would be a lot easier to study the science of dreaming if we weren’t asleep every time we did it. Why do we dream? What does dreaming do for our brains? How did dreaming evolve? Here’s a look at the current theories from psychology and neuroscience.
References:
Barrett, D. (2017), Dreams and creative problem-solving. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 1406: 64-67. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.13412
Carlo Cipolli, Roberto Bolzani, Cesare Comoldi, Rossana De Beni, Iino Fagioli, Bizarreness Effect in Dream Recall, Sleep, Volume 16, Issue 2, March 1993, Pages 163–170, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/16.2.163
Eagleman DM, Vaughn DA (2021). The Defensive Activation Theory: REM Sleep as a Mechanism to Prevent Takeover of the Visual Cortex. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 15:632853. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.632853
El-Solh, A. A. (2018). Management of nightmares in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder: Current perspectives. Nature and Science of Sleep, 10, 409–420.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30538593/
Hughes, J. Donald. (2000). Dream Interpretation in Ancient Civilizations. Dreaming. 10. 7-18. 10.1023/A:1009447606158.
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Montangero, Jacques and Ivanyi, Corinne and Saint-Hilaire, Zara. (2003). Completeness and accuracy of morning reports after a recall cue: Comparison of dream and film reports. Consciousness and cognition. 12. 49-62. 10.1016/S1053-8100(02)00029-6.
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Erin J. Wamsley, PhD, Karen Perry, MD, Ina Djonlagic, MD, Laura Babkes Reaven, MD, Robert Stickgold, PhD, Cognitive Replay of Visuomotor Learning at Sleep Onset: Temporal Dynamics and Relationship to Task Performance, Sleep, Volume 33, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages 59–68, https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/33.1.59
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18 min - How Your Brain Makes Time Pass Fast or Slow
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Time passes for all of us at the same rate of one second per second. But why does it sometimes feel like time is passing so fast, or so slowly? Especially during COVID? Let’s learn about how our brains keep track of and try to make sense of time, and how they get fooled.
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13 min - Why Do More Species Concentrate Near the Equator?Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/PBSDSDonateGo to http://Raceforretirement.com and see how the action gap affects you.Follow all of our Peru adventures on this playlist: http://bit.ly/SmartPeru↓ More info and sources below ↓Special thanks to Rainforest Expeditions for hosting us! Visit http://www.perunature.com/References:Wilson, E.O. "The Diversity of Life" http://eowilsonfoundation.org/the-diversity-of-life/Eichhorn, Markus P. "Latitudinal gradients." Natural Systems: The organisation of life: 249-264."Tropical Ecology" (textbook) by John Kircher (2011) http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9486.htmlCondamine, Fabien L., et al. "What causes latitudinal gradients in species diversity? Evolutionary processes and ecological constraints on swallowtail biodiversity." Ecology letters 15.3 (2012): 267-277.Jenkins, Clinton N., Stuart L. Pimm, and Lucas N. Joppa. "Global patterns of terrestrial vertebrate diversity and conservation." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110.28 (2013): E2602-E2610.Mannion, Philip D., et al. "The latitudinal biodiversity gradient through deep time." Trends in ecology & evolution 29.1 (2014): 42-50.Mittelbach, Gary G., et al. "Evolution and the latitudinal diversity gradient: speciation, extinction and biogeography." Ecology letters 10.4 (2007): 315-331.Wiens, John J., et al. "Evolutionary and ecological causes of the latitudinal diversity gradient in hylid frogs: treefrog trees unearth the roots of high tropical diversity." The American Naturalist 168.5 (2006): 579-596.----------------It's Okay To Be Smart is written and hosted by Joe Hanson, Ph.D.Have an idea for an episode or an amazing science question you want answered? Leave a comment or check us out at the links below!Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartTwitter: http://twitter.com/okaytobesmarthttp://twitter.com/jtotheizzoeTumblr: http://www.itsokaytobesmart.comInstagram: http://instagram.com/jtotheizzoeSnapchat: YoDrJoeProduced by PBS Digital StudiosMusic via APMStock images from SciencePhoto http://www.sciencephoto.com/ and Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com
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Be Smart is hosted by Joe Hanson, PhD. He's a molecular biologist and an award-winning science communicator and journalist