These tiny living robots can now replicate and evolve—and be put to work.

Environmental writer Oliver Milman says habitat loss, pesticides and climate change are killing off insects worldwide, which, in turn, threatens humans. His new book is The Insect Crisis.

This video describes the PhD research of Dr. Povilas Šimonis in an artistic way. 1st verse discusses applications of yeast cells and how electric stimulation...

The experimental Joint European Torus has doubled the record for the amount of energy made from fusing atoms — the process that powers the Sun.

In the heated debate over vaccine mandates, science and logic have often been lost amid politics and fear.

And politicians made things even worse

In 1905, physicists understood something of the laws governing two types of forces: those of electricity and magnetism and of gravity. We’ve seen that the laws of electricity and magnetism, encoded…

A novel method of recycling such batteries could help meet skyrocketing demand

Introducing the most important doodles in Quantum Mechanics

What I learned when I challenged the legendary physicist.

Plus: The rescue of healthcare.gov, a glimpse into an alternate universe, and more trouble in Russia.

“I don't think I will ever understand aging fully. And I don't think the field will. … But I also believe that we don't have to understand it fully to be able to have an impact on the biology of aging through interventions.” —Matt Kaeberlein

Alexandra Elbakyan is the founder of Sci-Hub, where you can download any scientific article you want. Journals are furious, but she doesn’t care.

Tiangong is China's space station in low Earth orbit.

Scientists are finding new ways to probe two not-so-rare conditions to better understand the links between vision, perception and memory.

A surge involving the rapidly-transmitting Delta variant in heavily vaccinated countries has led to much hand-wringing that the vaccines are not effective against Delta, or vaccine effectivenss wanes after 4-6 months. This has fueled anti-vaccine sentiment suggesting the vaccines are not working, and causing much stress in vaccinated people that they are not as protected as they thought they would be. In this post, I will focus on vaccine effectiveness vs. severe disease/hospitalization, which

A Princeton geologist has endured decades of ridicule for arguing that the fifth extinction was caused not by an asteroid but by a series of colossal volcanic eruptions. But she’s reopened that debate.

The pandemic is on its way out, but SARS-CoV-2 is here to stay. Here is why it's not a problem.

This is part of a series of columns on public philosophy by Agnes Callard; read more here. These words exist for you to read them. I […]

The prospect of mind uploading, and by extension, living long after death is enticing, but is it too good to be true?

Fulfilling a prediction of Einstein’s theory of general relativity, researchers report the first-ever recordings of X-ray emissions from the far side of a black hole.

Thanks for watching! Read all about Dr. Andrew Huberman here 👉🏼https://bit.ly/richroll533 Dr. Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the Department of Neurobiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is an expert in neuroplasticity, and his work in the Huberman Lab has been featured in Science, Discover, Scientific American, Time, the New York Times, and countless peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Huberman is here to school us on all things neuroplasticity---and how we can use it to our advantage through intense focus, mindfulness, and restorative sleep. Enjoy! ✌🏼🌱 - Rich EPISODE 533 FULL AUDIO PODCAST Blog & Show Notes: https://bit.ly/richroll533 LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/rrpitunes Spotify: http://bit.ly/rrpspotify Google: http://bit.ly/rrpgooglepods Meal Planner: http://meals.richroll.com Voicing Change Book: http://richroll.com/vc Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RichRollPodcastClips Newsletter: http://bit.ly/rollcallemail DR. ANDREW HUBERMAN http://www.hubermanlab.com https://twitter.com/hubermanlab https://www.instagram.com/hubermanlab FILMED AND EDITED BY BLAKE CURTIS https://www.blakecurtis.net/ * * * * * CONNECT WITH RICH ✩ Website - http://richroll.com​ ✩ Rich Roll Podcast - https://richroll.com/all-episodes/ ✩ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/richroll/ ✩ Twitter - https://twitter.com/richroll ✩ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/richrollfans ✩ Strava - https://www.strava.com/athletes/14443?oq=rich ✩ Memoir: Finding Ultra - https://www.richroll.com/shop/books/finding-ultra/ ✩ Meals - http://meals.richroll.com​ ✩ Cook - The Plantpower Way - https://www.richroll.com/shop/books/the-plantpower-way-signed/ ✩ Italian! - The Plantpower Way: Italia - https://www.richroll.com/shop/books/the-plantpower-way-italia-signed/ ✩ Support - https://www.patreon.com/richroll NEW TO ME? Hi I'm Rich Roll. I'm a vegan ultra-endurance athlete, author, podcaster, public speaker & wellness evangelist at large. But mainly I'm a dad of four. If you want to know more, visit my website or check out these two the NY Times articles: http://bit.ly/otillonyt http://bit.ly/vegansglam I LOVE MAIL! SEND IT HERE: 2630 Conejo Spectrum St. Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 0:00 - Introduction 1:26 - Andrew’s Background 15:29 - How Andrew Turned His Life Around 23:47 - How Andrew Combines Neuroscience with His Past 26:43 - The Human Brain: Internal State & External State 35:06 - Neural Plasticity - Steering the Nervous System 42:25 - State of Flow - The Dopamine System 59:07 - Process of Internal Rewards 1:05:55 - Studying Fear, Courage, and Resilience 1:16:03 - How to Deal with Problems of Motivation and Focus 1:24:41 - Panoramic Vision vs Focal Vision 1:30:45 - Methods of Focus and Deep Rest 1:34:50 - Optic Flow and EMDR 1:38:50 - Andrew’s Work in Addiction 1:47:06 - A Bio-Marker for Addicts to Avoid Relapse 1:49:36 - Neuroscience Perspective on Political Polarization 1:59:15 - The Importance of Internal Control 2:04:57 - Is There Hope for Us? #richroll #neuroscience #brainhealth

In this conversation with Sal Khan, we discuss his new project (Schoolhouse.world) as well as the Khan Lab School that he started in 2014.Sal's new tutoring ...

These days it seems you can't walk through a bookstore without bumping into a book or magazine pointing out the negative consequences of climate change. Everything from the hottest years on record to ruining astronomy can be tied to climate chang

These ultrabright flashes have recently been tracked for days, upending ideas about the cataclysms that create them.

Dietary changes can help bolster your natural immunity against viruses.

Ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays twist and turn on their way to Earth, which has made it nearly impossible to identify the colossal monsters that create them.