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Neuroscience Meets Magic - by Scientific American

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Duration: 11:06
Updated: 04 Aug 2013

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Your Brain in Love and Lust - by Scientific American

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Duration: 4:41
Updated: 13 Aug 2013

SUBSCRIBE to our channel: http://goo.gl/aLpxX __ Scientific American traces the flow of chemicals in the brain during different phases of romance and describ...

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Quantum Entanglement Lab - by Scientific American

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Duration: 7:18
Updated: 15 Aug 2013

SUBSCRIBE to our channel: http://goo.gl/aLpxX PART ONE is here: http://goo.gl/t2EEb --- SA editors George Musser and John Matson pay a visit to Professor Enr...

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What is the Higgs Boson? - Instant Egghead

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Duration: 2:37
Updated: 14 Aug 2013

Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva have been looking for a mysterious particle called the Higgs Boson. Scientific American editor George Musse...

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Is Our Universe a Hologram? - Instant Egghead #63

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Duration: 2:03
Updated: 05 Mar 2014

We take for granted that we exist as 3D beings in a 3D universe, but physicists suggest that our world is just the projection of a reality written in 2D. Scientific American editor Michael Moyer explains. -- WATCH more Instant Egghead: http://goo.gl/CkXwKj SUBSCRIBE to our channel: http://goo.gl/fmoXZ VISIT ScientificAmerican.com for the latest science news: http://goo.gl/lHq0CH -- Video credits: Written & presented by Michael Moyer Production assistants: Kathryn Free & William Herkewitz Produced by Eric R. Olson Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/DgDI/

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Exosuit Pushes Limits of Undersea Exploration - by Scientific American

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Duration: 1:57
Updated: 07 Mar 2014

With jet thrusters and an aluminum alloy casing, the Exosuit is a submarine you can wear. Later this year, scientists will suit up and plunge 300 meters below the ocean surface to study bioluminescent organisms. Diving safety officer Michael Lombardi of the American Museum of Natural History explains how the Exosuit extends the time a diver can stay submerged at 30 times the surface pressure. More to explore: Iron Man-like Exosuit to Expand Ocean Exploration http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/iron-man-like-exosuit-to-expand-ocean-exploration-video/?WT.mc_id=SA_sciamerican_meta Google Science Fair Hangout On-Air: Meet the Deep-Sea-Diving Exosuit http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/at-scientific-american/2014/02/27/google-science-fair-hangout-on-air-meet-the-deep-sea-diving-exosuit/?WT.mc_id=SA_sciamerican_meta -- WATCH more Instant Egghead: http://goo.gl/CkXwKj SUBSCRIBE to our channel: http://goo.gl/fmoXZ VISIT ScientificAmerican.com for the latest science news: http://goo.gl/lHq0CH

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Why Do We Sleep? - Instant Egghead #55

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Duration: 2:08
Updated: 05 Nov 2013

We spend nearly a third of our lives asleep, but scientists don't agree on sleep's purpose. Scientific American contributor Joss Fong explains what we know, and don't know, about our nightly slumber. -- WATCH more Instant Egghead: http://goo.gl/CkXwKj SUBSCRIBE to our channel: http://goo.gl/fmoXZ VISIT ScientificAmerican.com for the latest science news: http://goo.gl/lHq0CH -- More to explore: A Night's Sleep Cleans Brain of Harmful Toxins (LiveScience) http://www.livescience.com/40510-sleep-cleans-brain-harmful-toxins.html Sleep Is The Brain's Way of Staying in Balance [Video] (Scientific American) http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=sleep-brains-way-staying-balance-video-giulio-tononi&WT.mc;_id=SA_sciamerican_meta Is Sleep Essential? (PLoS Biology) http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060216 Sleep 2009 Interview with Jerome Siegel (The Science Network) http://thesciencenetwork.org/programs/sleep-2009/jerome-siegel Why Does My Brain Sleep? - Matthew P. Walker (GoogleTechTalks) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51e2NEmuI7I -- Credits: Written & presented by Joss Fong Edited by Joss Fong Produced by Eric R. Olson

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How Does Meditation Change the Brain? - Instant Egghead #54

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Duration: 2:24
Updated: 31 Oct 2013

Meditation can sharpen attention, strengthen memory and improve other mental abilities. Scientific American editor Ferris Jabr examines the changes in brain structure behind some of these benefits. -- WATCH more Instant Egghead: http://goo.gl/CkXwKj SUBSCRIBE to our channel: http://goo.gl/fmoXZ VISIT ScientificAmerican.com for the latest science news: http://goo.gl/lHq0CH -- More to explore: Does mindfulness training improve cognitive abilities? A systematic review of neuropsychological findings. [Preview] (Clinical Psychology Review) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21183265 Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice (PNAS) http://www.pnas.org/content/101/46/16369.long Evidence builds that meditation strengthens the brain, UCLA researchers say (UCLA) http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/evidence-builds-that-meditation-230237.aspx The underlying anatomical correlates of long-term meditation: Larger hippocampal and frontal volumes of gray matter (PMC) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3184843/ Age effects on gray matter volume and attentional performance in Zen meditation (Neurobiology of Aging) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197458007002436 Age effects on attentional blink performance in meditation [Preview](Conciousness and Cognition) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053810009000828 Mental Training Affects Distribution of Limited Brain Resources (PLOS Biology) http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.0050138 The American Psychological Association on the benefits of mindfulness http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/07-08/ce-corner.aspx -- Credits: Written & presented by Ferris Jabr Line art by Scott Brundage & Eric R. Olson Production assistant: Joss Fong Produced & edted by Eric R. Olson

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Why Do We Love Chocolate? - Instant Egghead #61

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Duration: 2:46
Updated: 13 Feb 2014

Our love affair with chocolate is nothing new, but in recent years scientists have tried to uncover the source of our cocoa cravings. Scientific American editor Dina Fine Maron digs through the available evidence, looking for a morsel of truth. -- WATCH more Instant Egghead: http://goo.gl/CkXwKj SUBSCRIBE to our channel: http://goo.gl/fmoXZ VISIT ScientificAmerican.com for the latest science news: http://goo.gl/lHq0CH -- Video credits: Written & presented by Dine Fine Maron Production assistant: William Herkewitz Edited by Kathryn Free & Eric R. Olson Produced by Eric R. Olson

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The Secret Canyon

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Duration: 26:20
Updated: 19 Aug 2013

http://www.pbs.org/saf/ - The best kept secret of American archeology is now revealed.

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Quantum Entanglement : The Movie - by Scientific American

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Duration: 9:09
Updated: 10 Aug 2013

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Are Genes Really Selfish? - Instant Egghead #57

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Duration: 2:57
Updated: 10 Dec 2013

Biologist Richard Dawkins coined the phrase "the selfish gene" with his best-selling book of the same name. "Selfish", however, was an unfortunate word choice because genes lack a will and can actually drive altruism. Scientific American editor Eric R. Olson explains. More to explore: Selfish Genes Also Must Cooperate (Scientific American Blog Network) http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2013/06/12/selfish-genes-also-must-cooperate/?WT.mc_id=SA_sciamerican_meta Why We Help the Evolution of Cooperation [Preview] (Scientific American) http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-we-help-evolution-cooperation&WT.mc;_id=SA_sciamerican_meta -- WATCH more Instant Egghead: http://goo.gl/CkXwKj SUBSCRIBE to our channel: http://goo.gl/fmoXZ VISIT ScientificAmerican.com for the latest science news: http://goo.gl/lHq0CH

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How to Take Out a Website - Instant Egghead #60

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Duration: 2:33
Updated: 10 Feb 2014

Every week brings us news of another website taken out by hackers or even foreign governments. At the heart of all this digital mischief is the denial of service attack, which floods websites with fake requests. Scientific American tech editor Larry Greenemeier show us how it works. -- WATCH more Instant Egghead: http://goo.gl/CkXwKj SUBSCRIBE to our channel: http://goo.gl/fmoXZ VISIT ScientificAmerican.com for the latest science news: http://goo.gl/lHq0CH -- Video credits: Written & presented by Larry Greenemeier Production assistant: Joss Fong Produced & edited by Eric R. Olson

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Scientific American Frontiers: The Hidden Prejudice

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Duration: 7:58
Updated: 09 Aug 2013

Scientific American Frontiers Host, Alan Alda, speaks with Dr. Mahzarin R. Banaji (Harvard University) and Dr. Brian Nosek (University of Virginia) on how th...

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Summer of Love at Scientific American! - Best of the Blogs #8

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Duration: 4:41
Updated: 06 Sep 2013

Check out the hottest science posts for August 2013, fresh from the Scientific American blog network: http://goo.gl/W92qS -- SUBSCRIBE to our channel: http://goo.gl/fmoXZ VISIT ScientificAmerican.com for the latest science news: http://goo.gl/lHq0CH

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Why Do Paper Cuts Hurt So Much? - Instant Egghead

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Updated: 15 Aug 2013

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Working Gears Evolved in Plant-Hopping Insect - by Scientific American

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Duration: 1:31
Updated: 13 Sep 2013

A study in the journal Science reveals that a juvenile form of the insect Issus Coleoptratus evolved gears to help with jumping. This is the first time working gears have been observed in an animal species. -- SUBSCRIBE to our channel: http://goo.gl/fmoXZ VISIT ScientificAmerican.com for the latest science news: http://goo.gl/lHq0CH

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Why Is Yawning Contagious? - Instant Egghead #52

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Duration: 2:37
Updated: 24 Oct 2013

Contagious yawning can be annoying, but it might also be a sign of good social skills. It's a type of emotional contagion, a phenomenon in which we tend to share the feelings of people around us. Scientific American MIND editor Sandra Upson explains. More to explore: Ingroup-Outgroup Bias in Contagious Yawning by Chimpanzees Supports Link to Empathy (PLOS One) http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0018283 -- WATCH more Instant Egghead: http://goo.gl/CkXwKj SUBSCRIBE to our channel: http://goo.gl/fmoXZ VISIT ScientificAmerican.com for the latest science news: http://goo.gl/lHq0CH -- Credits: Written & presented by Sandra Upson Production assistant: Joss Fong Produced & edited by Eric R. Olson

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What Is a Genetically Modified Food?

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Duration: 3:14
Updated: 11 Aug 2013

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What is the smart grid? - by Scientific American

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Updated: 14 Aug 2013

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Welcome to Scientific American Space Lab!

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Duration: 1:42
Updated: 11 Jul 2013

Mariette DiChristina, Scientific American's editor in chief, introduces the exciting new changes coming to Space Lab! -- Links: Subscribe to Space Lab: http:...

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Swaziland Teens Win 'Science in Action' Award

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Duration: 2:55
Updated: 16 Jul 2013

SUBSCRIBE to our channel: http://goo.gl/aLpxX __ Two teenagers from the southern African country of Swaziland have won Scientific American's inaugural Scienc...

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Why Do Onions Make Us Cry? - Instant Egghead #62

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Duration: 2:34
Updated: 24 Feb 2014

Anyone that's chopped into an onion is familiar with the noxious fumes and irritating pain induced by an otherwise delicious vegetable. Scientific American editor Ferris Jabr explains how this bulbous member of the allium genus can bring us to tears. -- WATCH more Instant Egghead: http://goo.gl/CkXwKj SUBSCRIBE to our channel: http://goo.gl/fmoXZ VISIT ScientificAmerican.com for the latest science news: http://goo.gl/lHq0CH -- Video credits: Written & presented by Ferris Jabr Edited by Kathryn Free Produced by Eric R. Olson

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