Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA NASA's Airborne Snow Observatory collects data that could help improve water management for 1.5 billion people worldwide who rely on snow melt for their water supply. This segment was aired live during episode 3 of NASA Science Live: Our Weird
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
Have you ever experienced that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach? It probably meant you were dreading something. But, why is it that we dread some things and not others? And how does this affect how we feel about risk? Brian Zikmund Fisher is back with Risk Bites to talk about how we tend
Risk is not just a number -- it also involves how we feel about things. This week Risk Bites introduces Dr. Brian Zikmund-Fisher, who will be talking more in future videos about how we perceive and feel about risk, and what this means about the risk decisions we make. This week's Risk Bites team:
Learn about the value of the wetlands ecosystems in this video segment adapted from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Wetlands are essential habitats for plants and wildlife and a critical part of the water cycle. Yet they are under threat, largely due to the needs of a growing human population.
Do you tend to focus on your physical wellbeing much more than our emotional wellbeing? After all, it is easier to focus on something that we can actually see, rather than something such as emotions and feelings. One of the most common negatives of this is emotional exhaustion, which is defined as
Do you value honesty? You might think that honest people can be found at every turn on the street, but studies have shown that 40% of adults lie at least once a day. And although most of these account for small, white lies, it still counts as dishonest behavior. This makes honest people that much ra
Brian Zikmund-Fisher is back to talk about how familiarity affects how we feel about risk, and how this can affect the decisions we make. This week's Risk Bites team: David Faulkner (post-production) Brian Zikmund-Fisher (narrative and animation) Andrew Maynard (all the other stuff) Risk Bites is
Have you ever felt really anxious when you’re on a date with your crush? Do you worry that you’ll do something to mess up your date or to say something that will push them away? It’s normal to feel stressed out sometimes when you’re with someone you are attracted to. Here are a few subtle things t
Are you dealing with toxic friends? Having bad and toxic friendships has always been a very common occurrence. Toxic relationships can be very damaging for your overall wellbeing so it’s very important to cut toxic relationships off as soon as possible. So, we made this video to help you identify wh
Self-improvement is not a new phenomenon for human beings. It’s been shown in advertising commercials and just generally seeing people living “better” lives than us. But the self-improvement culture can make us feel disempowered like we should be someone else. Watch this video to know why. Disclai
