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5 things worth knowing about the risks of Ebola

A Public Health perspective on getting the risks and dangers of the Ebola virus in perspective. Ebola is a serious infectious disease, and should never be taken lightly. Yet it's easy for lack of understanding of this virus to give way to fear, when what we really need to tackle it is knowledge. A

Fukushima disaster

On March 11, 2011, a seaquake shook the seabed in the Pacific. The following waves flooded the nuclear power plant site. The power supply collapsed. There was a core meltdown and ultimate MCA. Author: ZDF/TerraX/Zeitsprung Pictures/Carl-Ludwig Paeschke/Studio Paeper/Michael Mueller Translation and

Endangered lion populations

Lions play an important role in the ecological balance in their habitats. This was already the case two million years ago. In the meantime, many populations are threatened with extinction. The situation is particularly critical in West and Central Africa. https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/terra-x/b

Why don't people take measles more seriously?

How do you decide whether you should be worried about communicable diseases like measles? University of Michigan’s Professor Brian Zikmund-Fisher returns to Risk Bites to explain the "availability heuristic" – the way we all use our memory and feelings to inform our risk perceptions about infectious

How Much Damage Can An Earthquake Do?

Earthquakes are awful, but just how bad are they? Follow Life Noggin! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LifeNoggin/?ref=br_rs Instagram: https://instagram.com/lifenoggin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lifenoggin Official Website: https://lnstudios.co/ Click here to see more videos: https://alug

What's The Best Spot To Live On Earth?

Everyone wants to live the happiest, safest life possible. Where's the best place on Earth to live? Life Noggin is a weekly animated educational series. Whether it's science, pop culture, history or art, we explore it all and have a ton of fun doing it. Click here to see more videos: https://alug

Y chromosome and human migration routes

All men who once emigrated from Africa have the same mutation on the Y chromosome. Over time, other mutations appeared that can still be detected today. Author: ZDF/Terra X/Tobias Schultes/Albrecht M. Wendlandt Redub: alugha Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/TerraX

ScienceCasts: Southern Hemisphere Solar Eclipse

Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more. On Sunday, February 26th, the moon will pass in front of the sun, transforming rays of sunlight across parts of South America, southern Africa and Antarctica into fat crescents and thin rings of light. Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA

German Reunification in a nutshell

25th anniversary of German Reunification – an event that had a great impact on Europe and became another symbol of the end of the worldwide East-West conflict. This simpleshow explains the basic facts about the German Reunification – in just two minutes! Authors: Waldemar Ibbe, Rodrigo Diaz McVeigh