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A doctor walks into a trauma room and sees a dead woman floating above a dying man. He isn't the patient's physician. He just felt the pull to go in.That's how this story starts — and it gets stranger from there.Hundreds of nurses, doctors, and everyday people have reported witne ...  Show more

Avi Loeb is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University, a internationally bestselling author, and one of the most decorated astronomers alive. He earned his PhD in Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem at 24, led the first international project su ...  Show more

Humans tend to max out at a couple minutes of breath holding, but some air-breathing reptiles and even mammals have evolved to spend extreme lengths of time underwater. Learn how long (and how they manage it) in this classic episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://a ...  Show more

Peter Godfrey-Smith is an Australian philosopher of science and writer, who is currently Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney. Buy his books here. Timestamps: 0:00 How Many Times Has the Brain Independently Evolved? 4:36 What is a Nervous Sys ...  Show more

La survie lorsqu'une personne est enterrée vivante dépend de plusieurs facteurs cruciaux : la quantité d'oxygène disponible, l'espace dans lequel elle est enfermée, le niveau de stress, ainsi que l'état physique de la personne. Les études scientifiques sur ce sujet sont limité ...

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