Robert Sapolsky on Oxytocin and Bonding
[3:40] Robert Sapolsky discusses oxytocin and it’s role in bonding. [Video and text source: JRE Clips YouTube c…
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The Female Orgasm, Explained with Science Projects
[1:55] The male orgasm is an explosive affair, but the female orgasm? Now, that’s a different story. Find out what’…
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Christof Koch: Can Consciousness be Non-Biological?
[6:07] If consciousness is 100% physical, we would have to conclude that the same kind of consciousness that we experie…
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Ways to Bring the Brain Dead ‘Back to Life’
[5:00] Would you get a brain cell transplant? And just how many cells can you have replaced without becoming a whole new p…
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Boy with a genetic disease has had almost all his skin replaced
[0:48] Gene therapy has saved the life of a boy with a rare skin-peeling disease. The boy received grafts of sheets of gen…
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Mike Merzenich: How Do Human Brains Work?
[9:26] How can human brains run our physical bodies and produce our mental minds? What are the general principles of hum…
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Does Everybody Have A Gay Gene?
[4:12] Is being gay genetic? [Video and text source: AsapSCIENCE YouTube channel]…
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The Science of Stress: From Psychology to Physiology
[50:40] Stress is our natural reaction to physical or emotional pressure, encompassing everything from too much work …
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The left brain vs. right brain myth
[4:11] The human brain is visibly split into a left and right side. This structure has inspired one of the most pervasive …
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Human-Specific Genes and Neocortex Expansion in Development and Evolution
[20:37] The search for human-specific genome changes underlying the unique neocortex expansion found only in the hum…
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