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Sister channel to History of the Universe channel https://www.youtube.com/@HistoryoftheUniverse/videos

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Project Hail Mary (by Andy Weir, who wrote The Martian as well)

 

Snake's tongue has two sensitive tips, called tines, which help the snake smell in stereo.

 

This video, a scientific visualization of the galaxies captured as a part of the CEERS (Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science) Survey, showcases a large undertaking by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. It flies by thousands of galaxies, starting with those nearby and ending with less-developed galaxies in the very distant universe, including one never seen before Webb.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/new-3d-visualization-highlights-5000-galaxies-revealed-by-webb

 

Walking shark (Hemiscyllium Halmahera)

Mudskippers are another great example, here is a video about them by Stated Clearly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meKZQfwW6K0

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'll have to mention Igorrr because nobody did, which is strange.
Igorrr - Savage Sinusoid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBakgOHKI-g

 

Linguistics professor Daniel Everett explains the idea of "xibipiio," a way of life he encountered while studying the language of the Amazonian Piraha tribe. Everett, a former Christian missionary, was challenged to rethink his faith after learning the Piraha's concept of experiential liminality.
#linguistics

 

Von Kármán vortices streaming around Guadalupe Island.

 

A whale fall occurs when the carcass of a whale has fallen onto the ocean floor at a depth greater than 1,000 m (3,300 ft), in the bathyal or abyssal zones. On the sea floor, these carcasses can create complex localized ecosystems that supply sustenance to deep-sea organisms for decades. Wiki

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Which are your favourite channels (related to BrainFood's theme)?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Anybody knows about any other language-related "brain malfunctions"?

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Fluent Aphasia (www.youtube.com)
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A stroke survivor with fluent aphasia speaking with effortless speech but impaired meaning and poor comprehension.

On the other end, people with expressive aphasia struggle with language use but understand speech normally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aplTvEQ6ew

#cogsci #linguistics

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After the right and left brain are separated, each hemisphere will have its own separate perception, concepts, and impulses to act. Having two "brains" in one body can create some interesting dilemmas.

Wiki

CGP Grey video

 

ScienceClic is an excellent #physics channel with visual explanations.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

oh that's good news, means the threadiverse has even more active users :D

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Anybody knows if this counts kbin users as well?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Imagine something like chatgpt running on a small efficient analog chip, a synthetic brain.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

and here we are, each of us a tiny blip of the universe perplexed by it all, only to be gone in the next moment

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No worries.
Do link the research you mentioned if handy.

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Join us in [email protected] (direct link) if you'd like to share and watch interesting/educative videos that generate (scientific) wonder, curiosity, and/or understanding.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Indeed! Imagine what could be possible now or in another 10 years :D
I am trying to boot up this community, so I am sometimes posting even the older interesting videos I remember (until people start posting more frequently).
The video by The Thought Emporium is more recent.

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