Humans have been genetically engineering plants and animals for thousands of years through selective breeding. Scientists have been genetically modifying the things we eat for a while too. But when choosing the genes we want went from the farm to the laboratory, it started making people nervous. Kurzgesagt delves into GMOs and whether they're threatening to us and our environment.
The United States would never require its citizens to carry a national identification card — but only because you Social Security number already acts as one. While it isn't quite as Big Brother as it sounds, your Social Security number is really good at proving that you are you, but it's really bad at being secure. CGP Grey digs into Social Security and how it went from a mandatory retirement program to the one thing that you absolutely don't want anyone to know.
In the decade since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, there have been signs of hope and crushing defeats in the fight against climate change. Electric cars, climate agreements, and renewable energy are making slow inroads against greenhouse gases, but new threats to the environment loom. An Inconvenient Sequel picks up where An Inconvenient Truth left off, detailing the new challenges to met if humanity is to avoid the consequences of a changing climate. An Inconvenient Sequel releases July 28, 2017.
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A new Internet will be built. Fraud will be perpetrated. Mansplaining will be mansplained. Honesty will be a little too honest, and Erlich's facial hair will change patterns on a regular basis. All in the fourth season of Silicon Valley. Mike Judge's surreal look at the world's tech hub returns to HBO April 23, 2017.
Jack Nicholson is a very angry man. Or, the characters he portrays seem to be prone to outbursts of anger — in every way, shape, or form imaginable. From the controlled rage of A Few Good Men to the absolute psychotic madness of The Shining, Nicholson is capable of expressing every nuance of the emotion. The Nerdwriter looks at Nicholson's career and how his characters are so adept at anger.
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You consume media and make decisions based on a reasonable interpretation of the facts presented. Except you don't. This animated short describes Noam Chomsky's theory of the five filters of the mass media, as presented in Manufacturing Consent, a book Chomsky co-authored with Edward S. Herman. The fourth, and now fifth, estate have never been quite as independent as you may have thought.
Don't blink. There's a physical limit to how fast a human can play — but there's also a physical limit to how fast a human can hear. And our hearing is slower than our reflexes. Adam Neely digs deep into playing music at breakneck speeds and how the brain has a hard time keeping up with the world's fastest hands.
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