TIL: Why Your Brain is Wrinkly

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The human brain looks like a big, pinkish-gray, wrinkly walnut. There are so many folds in it that, if it could be unfolded, it could be a small tablecloth. Pinkish-gray might not match your decor, but it would be about the right size!

This “tablecloth” is made up of the cerebral cortex and is the wrinkly outside layer of your brain. All those folds are responsible for abstract thought, language, and memory. Scientists believe the wrinkles exist as a way to increase the surface area of the cortex, allowing for increased brainpower in a smaller space.

In this week’s “Today I Learned,” neuroscientist and National Geographic Emerging Explorer Steve Ramirez shares some of his smarts on how your cortex is different from your pet hamster’s.

Metal Gear Balloon Ride

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Lumpy Baboon goes on the ride of a lifetime.
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A New Generation of Game Hunters in the Netherlands

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In this MUNCHIES special, we follow a number of young people who represent a new generation of hunters. Noni Kooiman and Jessica Ydo are both chefs in Amsterdam; they are training to be hunters so that they’re able to literally look their meat in the eye. Sjoerd Evenhuis worked as a chef in several restaurants before he became a professional big-game hunter who now supplies meat directly. And then there’s Max, a student who likes to eat meat, but prefers not to buy it in the supermarket. He hunts without a permit, because he finds there are plenty of rabbits around the city to be found.

Although the hunters in this film are in various stages of their hunting career, their motives are the same: They think wild meat, which is not messed with, is the best.

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أنيس وبدر مرحباً: نزهة في السيارة

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بدر، وأنيس، والبطة المطاطية يتظاهرون بأنهم خارجون إلى نزهة في السيارة!! ولكن يبدو أن البطة المطاطية تحتاج إلى الذهب إلى الحمام..كيف هذا؟ شاهدوا الفيديو لتعرفوا

تابعونَا على مواقعَ التَّواصلِ الاجتماعيِّ، لتَعرفوا كلَّ ما هوَ جديدٌ، وممتعٌ، ومفيدٌ مِنِ (افتحْ يا سمسم)

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