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TED: A Five-Minute Walk Every Half Hour Cuts Blood Sugar Spikes by 60 Percent, Says Columbia Researcher Keith Diaz

August 22, 2026

A Five-Minute Walk Every Half Hour Cuts Blood Sugar Spikes by 60 Percent, Says Columbia Researcher Keith Diaz

Exercise scientist Keith Diaz found that a five-minute walk every 30 minutes cuts post-meal blood

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: Dancing Is the Only Exercise Shown to Lower Dementia Risk, and Here Is Why Your Brain Loves It

August 22, 2026

Dancing Is the Only Exercise Shown to Lower Dementia Risk, and Here Is Why Your Brain Loves It

Dancing is the only physical leisure activity shown in research to lower the risk of

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August 21, 2026

Deepak Chopra Told Tony Robbins the Body Makes Drugs Worth $40,000 a Course for Free

Deepak Chopra sat down with Tony Robbins at an Ayurvedic center in Lancaster, Massachusetts, and

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David Epstein: Why David Bowie Outlasted Peter Frampton by 40 Years, According to Science

August 19, 2026

Why David Bowie Outlasted Peter Frampton by 40 Years, According to Science

Peter Frampton and David Bowie came up in the same London rock scene, but only

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Veritasium: Spain's First Total Solar Eclipse in 100 Years Revealed Three Mysteries Scientists Still Can't Fully Explain

August 17, 2026

Spain’s First Total Solar Eclipse in 100 Years Revealed Three Mysteries Scientists Still Can’t Fully Explain

Burgos, Spain sat inside the moon's shadow for the first time in over a century,

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Red Bull: Felix Baumgartner Broke the Sound Barrier in Freefall and Almost Didn't Survive It

August 17, 2026

Felix Baumgartner Broke the Sound Barrier in Freefall and Almost Didn’t Survive It

Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier in freefall from the edge of space, then survived

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LITTLE BIT BETTER: Dr. Joe Dispenza Says 7 Days of Meditation Can Rewire the Brain That Keeps Replaying Your Past

August 16, 2026

Dr. Joe Dispenza Says 7 Days of Meditation Can Rewire the Brain That Keeps Replaying Your Past

Dr. Joe Dispenza argues that by age 35, roughly 95% of who a person is

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: A Hydrogen Race Car Just Hit 406 MPH on the Bonneville Salt Flats and the Exhaust Was Just Water

August 16, 2026

A Hydrogen Race Car Just Hit 406 MPH on the Bonneville Salt Flats and the Exhaust Was Just Water

A hydrogen-powered race car built by JCB and Williams Advanced Engineering hit 406.320 mph on

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Mark Rober: Mark Rober Traveled 4,000 Miles to the Equator to Expose a Tourist Scam (And Tested 6 Other Physics Puzzles Along the Way)

August 16, 2026

Mark Rober Traveled 4,000 Miles to the Equator to Expose a Tourist Scam (And Tested 6 Other Physics Puzzles Along the Way)

Mark Rober traveled 4,000 miles to Ecuador to investigate whether a popular tourist water-drain demonstration

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Mark Rober: Mark Rober's Rock Paper Scissors Robot Has a 0% Loss Rate and a $10,000 Bounty for Anyone Who Can Beat It

August 16, 2026

Mark Rober’s Rock Paper Scissors Robot Has a 0% Loss Rate and a $10,000 Bounty for Anyone Who Can Beat It

Mark Rober built a rock paper scissors robot that reads finger position 100 times per

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TEDx Talks: The Microbiology Professor Who Turns Boredom Into a Teaching Strategy

August 13, 2026

The Microbiology Professor Who Turns Boredom Into a Teaching Strategy

UC Davis microbiologist Kenjiro Quides grew up announcing his boredom to anyone within earshot. Now

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Nat Geo Kids: The Brain Game That Proves You Can't Trust Your Own Memory

August 13, 2026

The Brain Game That Proves You Can’t Trust Your Own Memory

Brian felt bugs, a rat, and a snake crawling across him in a pitch-black room.

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