Monthly Archive: May 2021

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The origin of SARS-CoV-2, revisited-Quest special

Since early in the pandemic, scientists have overwhelmingly concluded that the evidence makes a natural origin for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a far more likely explanation for the pandemic than a laboratory origin. Over the last three weeks or so, however, there has been considerable chatter...

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Sapiens and Pandemic: A Special Discussion with Yuval Noah Harari

Students in Japan engage in a virtual lesson from historian Yuval Noah Harari, author of the best-selling book “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind,” regarding how clues from the past can be used to forecast what the future has in store. https://youtu.be/9drNVSuyp0w

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Michael Shermer w/ Helen Pluckrose-from Skeptic

Have you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist? Have you read that certain people shouldn’t practice yoga or cook Chinese food? Or been told that being obese is healthy, that there is no such thing as biological sex, or that only white people can...