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⁠⁠Prova a vincere con Unlock The Olympic Winter Games!⁠   Perché sulla Terra sembra essersi evoluta una sola specie davvero intelligente, noi? Scopriamo perché l’evoluzione non punta automaticamente verso cervelloni iper-tecnologici, quanto costa mantenere un super-cervello in termini energetici e sociali, e perché altre specie – dai Neanderthal ai corvi, dai delfini ai polpi – hanno seguito strade diverse verso forme di intelligenza alternative alla nostra. Un viaggio leggero ma scientificamente solido tra nicchie ecologiche, cervelli energivori e universi paralleli in cui magari non saremmo l’unica specie a costruire razzi. #evoluzione#intelligenza#cervello#CoseMoltoUmane#podcastitaliani#neuroscienze#psicologiaevoluzionistica#hominini#Neanderthal#cervelloumano#divulgazione#scienza#biologia_evolutiva Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rina Fu’s research and teaching is across three universities. She is a recent recipient of awards including the Western Australia’s Premier’s Award for Science Communication.

Its been found in ancient human feces .

Dams across the United States are in dire need of repairs, and the critical infrastructure may be even worse off than engineers anticipated.

Scientists in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada (aka the polar bear capital of the world ) have confirmed that a wild female polar bear has adopted a cub that is not her own.

A double blast of dying stars may be the first observed case of a long-hypothesized, never proven superkilonova.

If you appreciate my work and would like to support it: https://subscribestar.com/the-saad-truth https://patreon.com/GadSaad https://paypal.me/GadSaad To subscribe to my exclusive content on X, please visit my bio at https://x.com/GadSaad _______________________________________ This clip was posted on December 17, 2025 on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1966: https://youtu.be/PL6P2u0UUSo _______________________________________ Please visit my website gadsaad.com, and sign up for alerts. If you appreciate my content, click on the "Support My Work" button. I count on my fans to support my efforts. You can donate via Patreon, PayPal, and/or SubscribeStar. _______________________________________ Dr. Gad Saad is a professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and author who pioneered the use of evolutionary psychology in marketing and consumer behavior. In addition to his scientific work, Dr. Saad is a leading public intellectual who often writes and speaks about idea pathogens that are destroying logic, science, reason, and common sense.  _______________________________________  

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Its hard to imagine a holiday season without Bing Crosbys Christmas standard Ill Be Home for Christmas.

In this episode of STBYM’s The Monstrefact, Robert discusses the monstrous Afanc of Welsh tradition… (originaly published 12/4/2024)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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00:46 The gifts that sparked a love of scienceNature put a call out for readers to tell us about memorable presents that first got them interested in science, or mementos of their life in research. These include telescopes, yeast-themed wedding rings, and... cows’ eyes.Nature: The gift that shaped my career in science08:12 “I am the Very Model of a Miniature Tyrannosaur”In the first of our annual festive songs celebrating the science of the past year, we tell the story of a diminutive dinosaur that turned out to be its own species.Nature Podcast: Meet the ‘Wee-rex’. Tiny tyrannosaur is its own speciesNature Video: Hotly debated dinosaur is not a tiny T. rex after all11:43 A very scientific quizAn all-star cast competes for the glory or being the winner of the Nature Podcast’s 2025 festive quiz.Nature: Meet the ‘Wee-rex’. Tiny tyrannosaur is its own speciesNature: This company claimed to ‘de-extinct’ dire wolves. Then the fighting startedNature Podcast: 3D-printed fake wasps help explain bad animal mimicryNature Video: ‘Aqua tweezers’ manipulate particles with water wavesNature Podcast: Sapphire anvils squeeze metals atomically-thinNature Video: Vesuvius volcano turned this brain to glassNature Podcast: Ancient viral DNA helps human embryos developNature Video: Magnetic fibres give this robot a soft gripNature: These contact lenses give people infrared vision — even with their eyes shutNature Video: Is this really the world's largest mirror? Researchers put it to the testNature Podcast: World’s tiniest pacemaker could revolutionize heart surgeryNature Podcast: Earth’s deepest ecosystem discovered six miles below the seaNature Podcast: Nature goes inside the world’s largest ‘mosquito factory’ — here’s the buzzNature Podcast: Apocalypse then: how cataclysms shaped human societiesNature Podcast: Honey, I ate the kids: how hunger and hormones make mice aggressive25:21 “Hard the Hydrogel is Stuck”Our second festive song is an ode to a rubber duck that was stuck to a rock, thanks to a newly designed, super-adhesive hydrogel.Nature Podcast: Underwater glue shows its sticking power in rubber duck testNature Video: Why did researchers stick a duck to a rock? To show off their super glue28:42 Nature’s 10Each year, Nature’s 10 highlights some of the people who have helped shape science over the past 12 months. We hear about a few of the people who made the 2025 list, including: a civil servant who stood up for evidence-based public-health policy; the science sleuth who revealed a retraction crisis at Indian universities; and the baby whose life was saved by the first personalized CRISPR therapy.Nature: Nature’s 10Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nobody knows how many feral cats roam New Zealand, but estimates are in the millions and they’re a major threat to our native species. They've infiltrated almost every landscape, from coasts, to farms, to National Parks like Fiordland. Plus they’re wily and trap-shy, making them a tricky predator to tackle. RNZ's In-Depth reporter Farah Hancock speaks to some people on the front lines of the battle against feral cats. Sign up to the Our Changing World monthly newsletter for episode backstories, science analysis and more.In this episode:00:00 – 00:59 Introduction to bonus episode01:00 – 03:24 Background to feral cat problem03:40 – 10:30 Playing ‘poos clues’ & trapping cats with hunter Victor Tinsdale10:40 – 15:00 Daniel Cocker on how cats are threatening the dotterels on Rakiura15:20 - 16:20 Farah explains how secondary poisoning works16:30 – 19:42 Objections to 1080 use on Rakiura, and efforts to address these20:18 – 24:08 Brad Windust with cat poo smelling dog Wero24:09 – 24:44 CreditsLearn more:Read the series of articles and see photos on the RNZ Feral webpage.In 2023 OCW spoke to ‘Dotterel Dan’ about the plight of the pukunui, and a tagging study aimed at identifying exactly where they nest on Rakiura.In the Catlins, Forest and Bird pest control officer Gavin Whiteis also battling trap-smart feral cats. While in the Wye valley near Queenstown, the Southern Lakes Sanctuary is hoping that new AI tech will help in the battle.Kākāpō were moved fromRakiura because of predation by feral cats. As the numbers of these manu grow, hopes are that achieving Predator Free Rakiura goals, including eradication of feral cats, will allow them to return.Guests:Victor Tindale, hunterDaniel Cocker, Department of Conservation rangerBrad Windust, trapperGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Film is generally a fixed medium: the scenes are shot, the edits are made, and the final version is the one and only movie you'll see. Filmmaker Gary Hustwit flips this convention on its head, introducing his project "Eno" — a documentary about the musician and composer Brian Eno that reinvents itself every time you watch it ... and never ends the same way twice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scientists are studying mayonnaise in space, here’s what they’ve found so far! | Daily Galaxy - MSN Scientists are Studying the Behavior of Mayonnaise in Space— Here’s Why it Matters - Green Matters What happens to creams and drugs in space? COLIS studies the behaviour of soft matter in weightlessness | EurekAlert! Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

durée : 00:58:41 - La Science, CQFD - par : Natacha Triou, Antoine Beauchamp - Fondée sous l’impulsion des rois Grecs, qui ont dirigé l’Egypte dès le troisième siècle avant notre ère, la bibliothèque d’Alexandrie devait être un symbole de grandeur. Elle a attiré les savants du monde entier et abrité des milliers d'œuvres dont il ne reste rien aujourd’hui. - réalisation : Olivier Bétard - invités : Jean-Luc Fournet Papyrologue, professeur au Collège de France; Chloé Ragazzoli Maîtresse de conférences à Sorbonne Université Paris IV

durée : 00:03:27 - Le Fil sciences - Il y a 30 000 ans, Homo sapiens peignaient les grottes de Lascaux. Leur peau était sombre. De récentes études d'ADN révèlent des origines lointaines et des rencontres inattendues. Qui étaient les ancêtres des Européens d’aujourd’hui ?

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