The Apex Predator We Still Don’t Understand

From Real Science. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Get a lifetime or yearly membership to Nebula here: https://go.nebula.tv/realscience Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-the-apex-predator-we-still-dont-understand Patreon: (https://www.patreon.com/realscience) Instagram: (https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann) Images Courtesy of Getty Images Thanks to Bryan Fry (Professor of Toxicology, Adaptive Biotoxicology Lab, University of Queensland) for his insight on this crazy debate. And…

How Did Water Solve the 1800-Year-Old Talmudic Bankruptcy Problem?

From Mathologer. Today we are solving an ancient bankruptcy puzzle from the Talmud using the principle of communicating vessels. A very nice visual way of making sense of an otherwise tricky problem. "Game theoretic analysis of a bankruptcy problem from the Talmud" by Robert J Aumann and Michael Maschler https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022053185901024 " ‘Hydraulic’ rationing" by Marek…

Why are there SO MANY Salamanders in Appalachia?

From Atlas Pro. Reflecting on my recent trip into the heart of the Appalachians, I started to wonder why there are more salamanders here than anywhere else in the world Pick up the poster here: https://store.nebula.tv/collections/atlas-pro/products/atlas-pro-extinct-butterfly-art-print Follow me on twitter/x @theatlaspro Sources / further reading Amphibians https://www.jstor.org/stable/1443655 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/the-surprisingly-colorful-salamanders-of-appalachia-813148/ Hunting for Salamanders in the southern Appalachians…