Strange Powers of the Placebo Effect
A quick look at the placebo effect and how our minds create the medicine, better explaining how Charlie Sheen really did cure himself with his mind.
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How Film Was Made
Part one of a two part series highlighting the interesting process of how film was made as part of Kodak's 1958 documentary.
200 Countries, 200 Years
Using a mere 120,000 numbers, Swedish professor Hans Rosling tells the story of the world in 200 countries, over 200 years, in just four minutes.
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Simple App
Simple Life takes a more approachable approach to weight management, replacing rigid dieting and calorie counting with personalized habits, daily guidance, and a little help from AI. The app builds a plan around your goals and lifestyle, then brings together food and hydration tracking, movement, fasting, weight progress, and personalized insights in one streamlined experience. Its Avo AI coach provides daily check-ins and tailored guidance, while tools like the NutriScanner make logging meals and understanding what you're eating easier. It's a modern wellness platform built around consistency rather than extremes, designed to make healthier routines feel more manageable in everyday life.
Presented by Simple App.
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Duke Cannon Big Ass Brick of Soap
Duke Cannon's Big Ass Brick of Soap is exactly what the name promises: an oversized bar built for long-lasting performance rather than quick replacements. This Costco-exclusive four-pack bundles four hefty 10-ounce bars, each crafted to deliver a rich lather and substantial feel that easily outlasts ordinary soap. With bold signature scents and the brand's unmistakably no-nonsense approach to grooming, it's a practical upgrade that keeps the shower stocked for months while offering exceptional value in a warehouse-sized package.
Presented by Duke Cannon.
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Gentlemen's Fight Club
Shying away from the first rule of the original Fight Club, the techies of Silicon Valley have a created a remedy for the cubicle existence, and that my friend is Gentleman's Fight Club.
The Skin Gun
The skin gun is a huge advancement in the treatment of burn victims. Although it's still in the experimental stage, it has the ability to simply spay skin cells onto a victim to re-grow skin and heals in little more than an hour.
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Why Can't We Walk Straight?
NPR's Robert Krulwich reveals one of life's great unsolved mysteries — why you're doomed to always walk in circles.
The State of Wikipedia
In celebration of its 10th anniversary, JESS3 pays homage to the history and inner-workings of everyone's go-to source for information, Wikipedia.
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Minecraft Marketplace
Minecraft's greatest strength has always been the creativity of its community, and the Minecraft Marketplace is where that imagination comes to life. Home to thousands of creator-made add-ons, adventure maps, skin packs, texture packs, mashups, mini games, and survival worlds, the Marketplace offers endless ways to reshape the familiar block-built universe. Through July 28, the annual Summer Sale makes exploring even easier, with more than 300 Marketplace items discounted by up to 33%. Whether you're looking to reinvent your next survival world or dive into a completely new adventure, it's one of the easiest ways to keep Minecraft feeling fresh.
Presented by Minecraft.
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Uncrate's 100-ish favorite things on Amazon
This is our shortcut to the good stuff on Amazon. It's an ongoing Uncrate-vetted list we'll be adding to and subtracting from. It's your field guide to use before wading through Amazon's millions of mediocre listings. It's our handpicked, battle-tested lineup of the clever, the durable, and the legitimately worth buying. The pieces that punch above their price, hold up in the real world, and never miss. In other words: the Amazon aisle curated by someone with taste.
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Underwater Atomic Bomb
An atomic bomb explodes underwater, sending a massive tidal wave crashing down on an onlooking ship.
Small World Energy
Niles Heckman gives the tiny treatment to the big issue of clean energy.
