Science Underground is a two-minute podcast hosted by TED speaker and scientist Ainissa Ramirez. By the time you sip your coffee or eat your cereal, Science Underground explains a science topic in a fun and understandable way. The show explores a range of topics—some that are pulled right from the headlines, others are topics you’ve been wanting to know. Ainissa interviews tops scientists and translates their work in everyday language--arming you with science nuggets for the next lunch table ...
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"To arrive at the edge of the world's knowledge, seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them in a room together, and have them ask each other the questions they are asking themselves."
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Daniel Kahneman - Adversarial Collaboration
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - Flow: Positive Human Behavior
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MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI (1934-2021) (pronounced "chick-SENT-me high") was a Hungarian-born polymath who recognized and named the psychological concept of "flow," a highly focused mental state conducive to productivity. He was Distinguished Professor of Management at Claremont Graduate University and the former head of the Department of Psychology a…
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Larry Brilliant - A Very Bumpy Ride
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David Kaiser - The Shifting Terrain of Scientific Inquiry
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Ainissa Ramirez - Interrogating and Shaping the World Through Science
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Using Science to Stop Your Mirror From Fogging Up
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The fog on your mirror after you shower can be prevented with a little dab of science. Find out how in just two minutes.By Science Underground
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Using Science to Stop Your Mirror From Fogging Up
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The fog on your mirror after you shower can be prevented with a little dab of science. Find out how in just two minutes.
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Stephen Wolfram - Computation All the Way Down
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Our ancestors used to sleep differently. If you looked back you would see them sleep in two parts. The inventions of the light bulb and the clock changed this old way of sleeping.By Science Underground
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Our ancestors used to sleep differently. If you looked back you would see them sleep in two parts. The inventions of the light bulb and the clock changed this old way of sleeping.
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Laurence C. Smith - How Humans Make the Earth Their Home
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LAURENCE C. SMITH is the John Atwater and Diana Nelson University Professor of Environmental Studies and Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Brown University. He is the author, most recently, of Rivers of Power. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/laurence_c_smith-how-humans-make-the-earth-their-home…
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The way to make pure silicon chips was discovered when a chemist accidentally dipped his fountain pen into a crucible of molten tin instead of his inkwell.By Science Underground
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The way to make pure silicon chips was discovered when a chemist accidentally dipped his fountain pen into a crucible of molten tin instead of his inkwell.
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How A Jiggling Gem Helps Your Watch Keep Time
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Deep in your watch is a small piece of quartz, which creates your clock's ticks and tocks.By Science Underground
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How A Jiggling Gem Helps Your Watch Keep Time
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Deep in your watch is a small piece of quartz, which creates your clock's ticks and tocks.
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In the late 19th century, there was a woman in London name Ruth Beliville who sold time.By Science Underground
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In the late 19th century, there was a woman in London name Ruth Beliville who sold time.
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Toby Ord - We Have the Power to Destroy Ourselves Without the Wisdom to Ensure that We Don't
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Toby Ord - We Have the Power to Destroy Ourselves Without the Wisdom to Ensure that We Don't byBy Edge Foundation Inc.
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Toby Ord - We Have the Power to Destroy Ourselves Without the Wisdom to Ensure That We Don't
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TOBY ORD is a senior research fellow in philosophy at Oxford University and author of _The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity. _The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/toby_ord-we-have-the-power-to-destroy-ourselves-without-the-wisdom-to-ensure-that-weBy Edge Foundation, Inc.
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HeadCon '13 Part X - Daniel C. Dennett - The De-Darwinizing of Cultural Change
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HeadCon '13 Part X - Daniel C. Dennett - The De-Darwinizing of Cultural Change byBy Edge Foundation Inc.
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HeadCon '13 Part VIII - Josh Knobe Experimental Philosophy And The Notion Of The Self
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HeadCon '13 Part VIII - Josh Knobe Experimental Philosophy And The Notion Of The Self byBy Edge Foundation Inc.
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HeadCon '13 Part IX - David Pizarro - The Failure of Social and Moral Intuitions
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HeadCon '13 Part IX - David Pizarro - The Failure of Social and Moral Intuitions byBy Edge Foundation Inc.
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HeadCon '13 Part II - June Gruber The Scientific Study Of Positive Emotion
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HeadCon '13 Part III - Fiery Cushman The Paradox Of Automatic Planning
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HeadCon '13 Part I - Sendhil Mullainathan What Big Data Means For Social Science
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HeadCon '13 Part I - Sendhil Mullainathan What Big Data Means For Social Science byBy Edge Foundation Inc.
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HeadCon '13 Part V - Nicholas Christakis The Science Of Social Connections
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HeadCon '13 Part VII - Laurie Santos What Makes Humans Unique
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HeadCon '13 Part VI - Joshua Greene The Role Of Brain Imaging In Social Science
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HeadCon '13 Part VI - Joshua Greene The Role Of Brain Imaging In Social Science byBy Edge Foundation Inc.
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Joshua Greene - Deep Pragmatism byBy Edge Foundation Inc.
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Donald Hoffman - Realism Is False byBy Edge Foundation Inc.
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LEE SMOLIN, a theoretical physicist, is a founding and senior faculty member at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Canada. His main contributions have been so far to the quantum theory of gravity, to which he has been a co-inventor and major contributor to two major directions, loop quantum gravity and deformed special relativity. H…
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Markus Gabriel - The Paradox of Self-Consciousness [11.11.19]
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Markus Gabriel - The Paradox of Self-Consciousness [11.11.19] byBy Edge Foundation Inc.
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Seth Lloyd - Communal Intelligence [10.28.19]
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SETH LLOYD is a theoretical physicist at MIT; Nam P. Suh Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering; external professor at the Santa Fe Institute; and author of Programming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/seth_lloyd-communal-intelligence…
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Patricia Churchland - The Nature of Moral Motivation [10.16.19]
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Patricia Churchland - The Nature of Moral Motivation [10.16.19] byBy Edge Foundation Inc.
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Patricia Churchland - The Nature of Moral Motivation
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PATRICIA S. CHURCHLAND is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, and adjunct professor at the Salk Institute. Her research has centered on the interface between neuroscience and philosophy, with a current focus on the association of morality and the social brain. She is the author of Conscience: The Origins of …
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Robert Pollack - Rethinking Our Vision of Success [10.10.19]
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Robert Pollack - Rethinking Our Vision of Success [10.10.19] byBy Edge Foundation Inc.
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Philip Goff - A Post-Galilean Paradigm [9.24.19]
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Philip Goff - A Post-Galilean Paradigm [9.24.19] byBy Edge Foundation Inc.
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