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The Remarkable Journey of Recovery: What Happens When You Quit Smoking?

The perils of smoking, a leading cause of preventable deaths worldwide, are well-documented, yet about 1.3 billion people continue to smoke actively. AsapSCIENCE’s enlightening video, “What Happens When You Stop Smoking?”, meticulously unravels the bodily changes that occur once an individual takes the bold step of quitting smoking. The transformative journey, spanning from the first few minutes to 15 years post-quitting, reveals an inspiring narrative of resilience and recovery.

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An Animation of Stellar Proportions

One of the best works, if not the best, on showing the true sizes that are out there in the universe, made by YouTube’s channel morn1415 in an interesting and easily comprehensible way. A captivating video that masterfully conveys the staggering scales of celestial objects. As one of the finest works available on the subject, it offers viewers an intuitive and easily digestible understanding of the vastness of the cosmos. The video takes us on an unforgettable visual journey, methodically comparing stars and other celestial phenomena to reveal their true sizes, which are often beyond the grasp of human imagination.

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From Cosmic Vastness to Atomic Minutiae: A Review of ‘Powers of Ten’ by Charles and Ray Eames (1977)

 A great clip from 1977 showing the distance of 100 million light years un-zoomed from Earth, and zoomed back, up to the atomic level. ‘Powers of Ten,’ a revolutionary short film by Charles and Ray Eames, takes the viewer on an extraordinary journey that stretches from the infinitesimal atomic scale to the mind-boggling cosmic expanses. The video commences with an idyllic picnic by a lakeside in Chicago and proceeds to incrementally scale out, expanding the viewer’s field of vision by powers of ten. The film retraces its steps to return to the picnic before diving into the atomic realm, offering a profound perspective on the universe’s interconnectedness and the minuscule components that constitute it.

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