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Hybrid life support system Photobioreactor (PBR) on the ISS

From carbon dioxide to oxygen For astronauts to survive in space, the resources necessary for life have to be provided. Conventional life support systems use physical and chemical processes for this purpose, and are dependent on regular resupply. However, due to the fact that astronauts cannot carr

NASA ScienceCasts: The Sweet Smell of Life Support

Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA The International Space Station is a testbed for technologies that will allow astronauts to live comfortably during long journeys into the solar system. International Space Station: http://www.nasa.gov/station NASA Science: http://science.nas

The 5 stages of grief

When we lose someone or something that is important to us, we often go through 5 stages of grief: denial, anger, negotiation, depression, and acceptance. Each stage serves the purpose of helping us cope with the loss. This complex emotional reaction to a loss is unique to each person and is not alwa

Dyslexia Reading and writing problems

About 5-10% of all children are born with dyslexia. Children with dyslexia may swap numbers when reading, swap letters when they appear, or skip words when writing. Some see their handwritten letters upside down and others have problems with the grammar rules - writing correctly is often impossible.

Fluid Crystallized Intelligence

There are probably two types of intelligence. Fluid intelligence is your ability to think quickly. It relies on the ability to maintain attention and benefits from a strong working memory. Crystalline intelligence is the ability to apply knowledge from previous learning processes that has been store

Emotional Intelligence

Our ability to sense, understand, and control emotions is known as emotional intelligence (EI) and is considered critical to human thriving. For centuries, we thought that emotions and cognition were two separate things. Today we know that the two are constantly interacting. The most relevant model

Buddhist school education

Buddhist education is a movement that began a long time ago in temple schools throughout South and East Asia and has only recently evolved into more official, modern institutions. Since we don't have much experience with the subject, we were helped by Neil Amas, the director of Panyaden, a Buddhi

Video Games and Education

"Playing is the highest form of research," Einstein is said to have said. Nowadays, gaming also happens in video games, and teachers use it in class or for homework. For this video, we teamed up with the folks at G2A – the world's largest gaming marketplace. We'll learn about the three dimensions of

Positive and negative freedom – who is freer

We often think that freedom means acting without restrictions. But since one person's freedom can influence another's, unrestricted action usually creates problems. To prevent this, we create rules. Philosopher Isaiah Berlin went a step further and distinguished two types of freedom: negative freedo

Nietzsche: God is dead

"God is dead. God remains dead. And we killed him," wrote Friedrich Nietzsche in 1882. To understand what the German philosopher meant and what he thought about man, morality and society as a whole, we collaborated with Professor Stephen Hicks for this Sprouts special series. Support us on Patreon