Think you’re bad at math? No worries! Your brain’s numerical intuition has you covered. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About Brain Games: Using a series of experiments, illusions and man-on-the-street demonstrations, host Jason Silva and guest experts unlock the science behind the mysteries of why we say, eat, feel and act as …
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Tap Into Your Brain’s Stored Power | Brain Games
This game uses your brain’s stored associations to predict your answer to a random question. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About Brain Games: Using a series of experiments, illusions and man-on-the-street demonstrations, host Jason Silva and guest experts unlock the science behind the mysteries of why we say, eat, feel and act …
Read More »Cenk & Ana wants to visit YOU! TYT Anniversary Meetups Competition Announcement
Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks announces a very special competition in celebration of TYT’s 12 year anniversary. Cenk & Ana wants to meetup with YOU! We’d like to announce a friendly competition between TYT cities. Get together and earn points as a group. Meetup, take pictures, play trivia, …
Read More »What Makes Angry Birds Soar? | Nat Geo Live
Peter Vesterbacka, creator of the “Angry Birds” franchise, explains his team’s mission to combine education and entertainment, while Rhett Allain explores physics through the game’s lens. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, …
Read More »If You Commit A Crime, Should You Get To Do Yoga?
“For years, Weiss-Lewit has taught yoga and art therapy in New York State correctional facilities. She had her first pregnancy while teaching at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility (its prison nursery, founded in 1901, is the oldest in the nation) and bonded with mothers serving time with children outside. It is …
Read More »Chris Christie vs Sarah Palin – The Fur Flies!
“There’s no love lost between ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and embattled New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Palin weighed in on Christie’s Bridgegate scandal, saying she doesn’t buy his defense that he was ignorant of the nefarious ways of his aides. “When I was mayor and manager of this city, and …
Read More »The Hilarious Irony Of A Sad, Sad Anti-Social Security Group
“A year and a half after launching with much fanfare, a group affiliated with fiscal watchdogs Erskine Bowles and former Sen. Alan Simpson is nearly broke. The Can Kicks Back — which targets millennials and was conceived as a partner and affiliate of the group Fix the Debt — is …
Read More »Shocker! Online Trolls Are Sadistic Psychopaths – Here’s The Proof
“The YouTube comment section is known as a special circle of hell—and that might be because the people leaving provocative comments are literally sadists and psychopaths, a new study titled “Trolls just want to have fun” has discovered. Canadian psychologists Erin Buckels, Paul Trapnell, and Delroy Paulhus set up a …
Read More »If You Hated The Fashion Industry Before, Wait Till You See This
“”We’re working in an industry that is perceived as frivolous, and so our concerns are not taken seriously,” says model Sara Ziff, who’s been the face of Tommy Hilfiger and Banana Republic and walked the runway for Calvin Klein and Chanel. A model since age 14, Ziff exposed ugly industry …
Read More »Selfie Craze Threatens Thailand (Actually This Might Not Be Bullshit)
“Global warming, drugs and corruption are among the oft-touted threats to society at large. But according to Thailand’s Department of Mental Health, a more pressing danger is threatening the future “development of the country” — the selfie. On Sunday, government psychiatrist Dr. Panpimol Wipulakorn warned that young Thais who post …
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