Steven Pinker: The Past, Present and Future of Violence
[1:16:51] Steven Pinker is Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. His res…
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Synthetic Life Has Been Streamlined And Is Ready To Be Put To Work
[2:17] In 2010, researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute announced they’d created a bacteria that runs enti…
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Sound Waves as Effective as Brain Surgery at Treating Essential Tremor
[2:15] Scalpel-free surgery using focused sound waves appears to be as effective in treating essential tremor as trad…
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Crash Course Philosophy #23: Artificial Intelligence & Personhood
[9:25] Today Hank explores artificial intelligence, including weak AI and strong AI, and the various ways that thinke…
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In 100 Years, Will People Still Believe in God?
[2:36] One day, people will look back on humanity’s religious past and laugh, says skeptic and science writer Mi…
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Craig A. Kohn: What are stem cells?
[4:10] Is personalized medicine for individual bodies in our future? Possibly — with the use of stem cells, undi…
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Joseph LeDoux’s Biggest Discoveries
[4:49] The neuroscientist recounts some of the breakthroughs that have come out of his world-renowned lab. [Source: B…
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Alpha Waves and the Future of Brain Monitoring
[3:49] Cognitive neuroscientist Kyle Mathewson explains the role alpha waves play in our brains and discusses how por…
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4 Ways Humans Could Beat Death
[10:54] Science has always been on a mission to extend the average life expectancy of humans. If you could live forever, …
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Neuroscience: The future looks bright!
[3:41] For the first time in history, researchers at MIT have successfully recorded a 3-D movie of an entire neural netw…
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