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Alright, so, why does ketchup act all weird?
For mild pain, non-prescription medications can act on cells where the pain signals start.
Uncertainty is often explained as a result of measurement, that the act of measuring an object's position changes its speed, or vice versa.
Lipids also act as signals to turn on genes.
He focused on the act of creation.
The very act of sitting squashes, pressurizes and compresses, and these more delicate tissues really feel the brunt.
This answer took seven minutes, and really gave me an insight into the incredible act of generosity this whole talk was for TED.
For this selfless act of devotion to science, Dr. Unger received an Ig Nobel Prize, a parody of the Nobel Prize that recognizes wacky, but weirdly fascinating, scientific accomplishments.
Mental and physical health problems, which tend to increase as we age, interfere with our ability to pay attention, and thus act as memory thieves.
Take the belief that you are valuable, worthwhile, and capable, also known as self-esteem, add in the optimism that comes when you are certain of your abilities, and then empowered by these, act courageously to face a challenge head-on.
These beliefs matter because they can influence how you act when you're faced with setbacks.
And for the computers that often act as extensions of ourselves, memory plays much the same role, whether it's a two-hour movie, a two-word text file, or the instructions for opening either, everything in a computer's memory takes the form of basic units called bits, or binary digits.
Most anesthetics probably act on more than one, and they don't act on just the nervous system.
And a crazy thing happened: the very act of doing the thing that scared me undid the fear, made it not scary.
The very act of not working has made it possible for the hum to return, as if the hum's engine could only refuel while I was away.
And for folks like us, the real reward is the journey and the act of creation.
Some still doubt that we have the will to act, but I say the will to act is itself a renewable resource.
And what becomes of our rights if authorities think they can identify the people likely to commit crimes before they even make a conscious decision to act?
But although they can provide valuable insight, focus groups do have their limitations, and one of the main ones is that the simple act of observing something can change it.
This act triggered the First Opium War between the two nations.
Licinia understands that the way she must act is a reflection of the goddess she serves.
As a woman, she was barred from pursuing higher education, so in an act of defiance, Marie enrolled in the Floating University, a secret institution that provided clandestine education to Polish youth.
You see, I've come a long way from that altar on the night I thought the world would end, from a world where people spoke in tongues and saw suffering as a necessary act of God and took a text to be infallible truth.
We see suffering as a necessary act of the capitalism that is our god, we take the text of technological progress to be infallible truth.
Selected members of the House, known as managers, act as the prosecution, while the impeached official and their lawyers present their defense.
What was different in Paris was that governments came round together to accept the realities of climate change, and were willing to come together and act together and work together.
We have all experienced technology that enables people to act more like people, products that enable natural interactions, voice controls or biometrics.
So you've separated the baby from the body from the act.
She rewrites the first act, reinvents the villain as a tortured hero and Frozen becomes the most successful animated movie ever.
A global citizen is someone who self-identifies first and foremost not as a member of a state, a tribe or a nation, but as a member of the human race, and someone who is prepared to act on that belief, to tackle our world's greatest challenges.
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