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highlights the political interest rate for investors are the same. the fees everyone here just wants to get into bit pointed cost. they're known as clean arrows, digital gold, diggers. investors from all over are moving to latin america in search of bitcoin treasure. nowhere, he's the crypto currency value more highly than here. but for many, the frenzy ends in ruins. bitcoin in latin america starts august 18th on d. w. the if you will, from the city, you might not know that those looms improve the quality and structure of soil. and they also play a decisive role in el paso with climate change because they're responsible for storing huge amounts of c o 2 in the ground. but 1st, let's focus on our memory. we still saw show with the reports about remembering,
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followed by another about just guessing. welcome to tomorrow today, the science program on dw, the . can you still remember your 1st cuz you 1st date the 1st time you've spent a lot done, forgettable moments like those get stores, you know, that's a subject memory. it's one of the various forms of memory that imagine different stages of life to different functions. our 1st to memory traces are formed in utero. the sound of its mother's voice is a fee. this is initial introduction to a to relaxed as every other week. right now it's very quiet. probably sleeping
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we develop inability to remember an info at 6 months. they only remember what they've experienced in the last 24 hours. by the age of 9 months, babies are storing memories for several weeks. and by 20 months, for a full year, the at 1st learning to walk is the challenge. maurice plays a vital role here. this is a type of implicit memory that the by the age of 2 or 3 each of events. our earliest childhood memory, the development of linguistic skills into memory are closely linked. language makes it easier to remember information. lice to this house lies in d. h 2 is the guest i lisp still says out between the ages of 3 and 5 children begin to plan ahead with the help of that prospective
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memory. it allows them to remember to do something at a particular time. the basis for planned future oriented behavior, the semantic memory develops when children start school, helping them to remember fact i submitted, is there a pep, illinois just fonts, and comes that phones on the call to the end point of learning goes hand in hand with a marked improvement in long term memory. our teenage years and early adulthood occupies a special place in our memory, the intensity and novelty of our 1st sexual experiences. for example. in short, these memories stay with us forever. memories of formed between the ages of 15 and 25. that sound for what's known as the reminiscence bump nursing mothers
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often suffer from temporary memory loss for a long time. it was thought that there, but que your hormonal balance was responsible to the scientists attribute another cause to the memory loss. the mother sleep deprivation. the episodic memory allows us to go on a journey into the past. it's where very special personal experiences are stored. but starting at the age of 50, that capacity begins to dwindle and we start forgetting more often. and extreme old age. episodic memory can be badly damaged, but somehow memories from childhood and adolescence still remain intact. the in contrast to the short term memories of old people, which often aren't retained at all the
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develop routines to give up range of break habits, determine 50 percent of all the daily decisions means effectively going on off for a pilot freeing up times to make other more decisions, it's just as well, we don't have to walk out a new plan every morning for what to wear house and brush your teeth or tile shoelaces. that's way of routine habits come in handy. they enable us to drink a cup of tea or coffee while reading the paper. with so accustomed to these activities from requisitions that the store in our subconscious and happened automatically, these unnoticed habits, a hard wired into our brain and it kind of energy conserving default.
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but we also have routines that govern perhaps less productive aspects of our lives . that's the often than a mode hitting the couch, grabbing the tv remote and some candy. and does the couch or teen is also embedded in all subconscious, it can be a tough habit to kick the jill tons can remember practically every single she's ever experienced. she's one of the, just a few dozen people worldwide who's been diagnosed with height assign, easier. name is certain dates, and they will recall the memories of that day and visit details. for all the personal pros and cons, the individuals involved could be a listing for signs of developing medication in the fight against our time as an dimension for getting isn't about our brain failing for scientists. like on to be as pop, password 0 pals. remembering and forgetting are 2 sides of the same coin. much is
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known about the mechanisms of remembering, but he wants to better understand the process for getting the task here is to help. brain is designed to forget things kind of believe it or not. forgetting actually uses energy from that fact alone, we can tell the process for getting a cust, very important piece to go. put says our brain can process the huge amount of input that we see to every 2nd of every day. it perceives every thing but doesn't save it all. it completely forgets many things automatic when we're out and about our brain absorbs impressions of everything. people, trees, house, street, cars, everything. if these impressions are retained as memories,
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nerve cells that take part in the memory process have to be connected by the student abscess. but not all impressions, images and memories remain. the majority of st options are blocked by a certain protein. then they can't find any more. this results in these impressions not being saved. we don't retain memories from the majority of these impressions, which balances out the state of remembering and forgetting. so here's puzzle to wrote this once to find out whether a newly discovered gene found in people with hyper thought messic syndrome acts like a switch that regulates or inhibits. we're getting these guys when we can take this step on nima towed helps them in the process. it's smaller than
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a centimeter long and an optimal research subject for the scientists. it's a model organism. they intend to introduce the gene to the name of the road that prevents memories from being forgotten. if they're successful, they can test how it works. their forms have to kind of form has no brain, but it has 302 nerve cells. that's enough to allow it to engage in complex behavior exit for how many totes can learn. and forget seconds. we know for exam told somebody that these nerve cells here that these in particular are very important for learning processes. other nerve cells are important for motor and move mach process and, and that's why we use the name and type of thing to anything that isn't for them. what effect will the gene have on the name? it towed? so yeah.
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here we have the now we can adjust the plasma tvs the scientists injects the worms with the human gene that prevents forgetting the gene was discovered. and people with hyper side mastic syndrome. the gene transfer should produce worms that can't forget. the fluorescent material indicates the name of drugs who have been injected with the gene the. now the question is whether or not these worms can forget these are straight to service. this is a very important step because we can now research this for him. it's nervous system and what characteristics they have after they've been injected with the gene. that's how we get to know how these human genes work through these. as mentioned again from the scientists hypothesis is that the gene that hinders forgetting,
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sends out proteins that become active in this, in absence of the brain. that's where the normal process of automatically forgetting is blocked. that has the consequence, that all of the impressions and memories don't disappear, put or permanently saved in the brain. the, the researchers work with 2 groups of worms, the so called and treated wild types. and the glowing ones that have been injected with genes. their behavior should show if and how they should and genes impacts the process of forgetting demons and go through the genes are there to produce protein . these, this and this is gene is obviously producing a protein that leads to, for getting to for guessing. now we can inhibit this protein, put the in payment. we can do that with various methods including discovering substances that bind to it and inhibited vendor. so hopefully we'll also be able to
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inhibit forgetting here. how can we help this for guessing him in the discovery could bring researchers closer to tearing alzheimer's dementia and other diseases. that cool kind of in 5 our discovery can contribute to treating alzheimer's disease. how do we get to them? and this, most of them, hopefully we've now discovered a mechanism that's related to forgetfulness, not the one that leads us to forgetting useful because now that we know that, and if we can identify substances that influence this gene. so we'll forget, less untruthful. so that's the advantage of, i guess, a huge step for scientists and researchers now on to the humble us when it's much larger than the tiny nematode in the last report. but it's just as blind in depth. the biggest populations of s williams live
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in europe. the northeastern united states, new zealand, children in those places, not early on that the terrestrial invertebrates are extremely beneficial. they keep soil a rated and, and show that it has a healthy caribbean. which and ton benefits the climate to what impact does increasing drugs have on our forests, especially on their ability to store carbon? it's a question that researchers in switzerland that's been investigating for almost 2 decades. the aggregate parts of a forest and compare them with dryer sections to their surprise, significant differences became apparent after just a few years. there was a in here the so here is really black lock which means it contains a lot of carbon vehicle in so it's all now let's look at the soil on the dry surface of the whole seat. yeah. and the soil is far
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lighter in color c, i think that means it stores the importance of forest soils and soaking up. so you to have been under estimated until they have 50 percent more carbon in the top soil in the year. a gated area. when stuff in the researches have learned that soils store up to 5 times as much carbon as the vegetation above drained. but the question is, what leads to such a significant carbon increase in the grow and over such a short time period? the series that organisms in the soil convert the deputy or liquor layer on top to soil, carbon fuel ecologist, different kinds of doing use a role in the process than earthworms. so you can go to the research it wants to devise the mixture of mustard water to a small section of ground. if this is kind of interesting, once the mixture has filtered down into the soil, the mustard water irritates the earth orbit and forces them to creep up to this. because here we have a very small, newly hatched worm. excuse me,
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a baby. and b me will come to a total of 50 swarms per square meter when projected to cover all forest cycles. that's an enormous bio mass. so the s williams must be quite the carbon content has increased so much. in the irritated section of the forest to the chief of scientists repeats the test and the parts of the forest that was not to be gated. how many worms are working? the soil here. dell not wait, wait it ages without seeing a single word and won't of below 20 percent. to determine the exact carbon balance . he measures the mass on the measuring the c o. 2 balance shows the dry soil's bind much less, c, o 2, and then here again. and so i ordered the fuel and this is due to less carbon, being distributed by earth. worms in the top soil installs the wish lake and go on to me not valuable in silicon. but as the large scale irrigation of conduct for this forest is not a viable solution, finding how good on is looking for alternatives. and nature delivers here to
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a comparison test he conducted showed that 20 times as many earthworms live in the said you as far as, as in conduct for this one's a result that suggests a change, of course in forestry management choir increasing the proportion of hardware. so this would stimulate earthworm activity be more organic soil or humorous could also increase the proportion of carbon and soil and agriculture. scientists from the german center for integrative bio diversity and light sake fund that next to me, new 2 arms are active and intensively funding cycles. it's a very different story with organic farming. when you have you got to of, when you break up the aggregates here in the ground where you can see that despite the soil being so dry, there's still a little bit of water, okay. tall and that crumbling texture is characteristic of
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a group form activity. look, this kind of decision. so there's being precious looking research candidates into the role of f forms in this soil for centuries. is discovered that in addition to secrete things stable carbon f forms and prove the carbon balance in the cycle via their skin. so we never come to this. what's less known 5, what was not known at all is that the mucus secreted by earth worms stimulates the microbes in this oil to such a degree that they grow and build up bio mass. and i'll be on my cell phone and this bio mass ultimately stabilized into soil. when the microbes die had collapsed, the carbon has been bound in this oil and can no longer be emitted a c o 2, resulting in a cooler climate group. every year about 10 times more c o 2 escapes from cycles into the atmosphere. and it's produced by learning fossil fuels, performs and hybrid forest and organic farming helped to store carbon over the long
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term. the unlikely little helpers in the fight against climate change. to. that's a nice specimen. climate change means that species traditionally at home in the south, a migrating further and further north, the procession very most as native to southern and central europe, but is now also spreading to germany and sweden. the castle put his vault has can cause serious education for human skin responses range from cutting down trees to assessing the mess and the host is on fire. the spraying of pesticides is also widespread, but that is a progressive solution even if it might not initially look like it. dennis a car use is pulling out the big guns to get rid of some little pest from a suitable distance the fires into the nest of the oak procession. every caterpillars next to an outdoor swimming pool. the idea is to introduce
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a deadly fungus to the nest via these reg gelatin balls. they were created by scientists from the university of applied sciences engaging in and are being tested in the field today. of course we can meet on the flight from 30 meters away, the fund that spreads out about the sizable space. i could do this and that's are bigger than that we so we need one or 2 shots to cover the whole mess with this. like we 1st look at the tips of the leaves and use up and once we found areas that have been heat and we tracked down and asked by following them towards the trunk of the red balls contain bavaria bussey on a fungus that spreads inside the insect and kills them. when the professor was gone, who has spent years researching the various methods of combating the pesky oak procession? every caterpillar is favorite is firing. the deadly fungus directly into the nest. that goes to any sport isn't. and it's a naturally occurring animal, pathogenic fungus, which is
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a fancy way of saying that it kills insects and have the, we extracted the fungus from this oil. i packed it into a ball and shot it into the nest of the hope recessionary. and then within the 8 hours, it killed the caterpillar students into, to hold them up year in germany, the oak procession every month. and it has become a real summer plague. and recent years, it has few natural enemies. local authorities have been spending tens of thousands of bureaus on combining the caterpillars and even vacuum and come up dice and put the search the nice stuff, the real danger from the old procession. every mob is that it goes through several different life cycle. so during the 1st 2, they don't yet have any pretzels or set to once they start developing that 3rd larval stage. at that point, they're very small and fine and wouldn't bother and adult human. but as of the 4th stage, they can cause caterpillar dermatitis. and what homes get mentioned, in some cases it can lead to an end of electric shock. them a reckoning of the i wouldn't even lung problems because the hair is getting stuck
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there. but in the, in the loop system, another substance being sprayed on trees contained specialist, the re, gm's us or b t. it's considered a buyer's side because the bacteria disables and kills the procession every month. but it also kills other beneficial insects. was gone, the boy and his team did some tests on how the substance works. the shocking results prompted him to advise against any large scale deployment. it turns out that the bt spray also kills the few remaining natural predators of the month, such as each newman wasps and certain types of bands allotted for safari, stressful things. but the problem is that we're killing their enemies at the same time. so in the long run, we may even be strengthening the oak recessionary population to screen off last
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year as test showed that for every to get oh procession every months. one beneficial insect guide as well don't have are they included beetles, various bugs, ants, and acumen. it was great. so is the rifle method more sustainable with less collateral damage? experts from various authorities are curious to see the 1st results. this is what the next looks like. after just 8 hours, the caterpillars are completely invested and dead and were assured that the fungus is also dead and won't spread outside the nest. that piece is, van fungus is heat sensitive at $25.00 degrees celsius, ok? it's growth. start slowing down and it stops completely at $28.00 degrees size. so if it comes into contact with a warm blooded body, it stops and growing very quickly and even dies christmas and progressive vertebrates separate. it's completely harmless, as great ones. yep. a toyota. it's
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a furnished hum doors. the pellets are shrunk directly into the nest so that the fungus doesn't impact any insects outside of the affected area. you can use content that's kind, we can't guarantee it, that even a few unintended organisms could be effected either. but only it's very small numbers is up and sick if and that's on the wrong side. one visitor asks what happens afterwards to the projectile is launched in the trees and beyond from hoping since the minus 5 that's tested out. that's why they dissolve and disappear . that they go ugly and completely melt away. we've already done the tests, of course, of every turn i was supposed to get an opportunity to read. munition is made out of gelatine and not plastic arborist and project collaborator, dennis a congress, takes things a step further and wraps the areas around the nations with glue. and otherwise, we're going to unfold some normally they go out to find food in the evening and starting at the types of eat out the skeletons of the lease. in the morning,
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they return to the nestle. so you'd expect to find a line of mazda caterpillars on the glue. but since we can see that it means that the fungus work live from the only real drawback is the red tape. german regulation stipulate that most gardeners 1st need a permit to be able to use the suit up air rifle in public tomorrow. today dw, use science magazine. thanks for watching em. see you next time until then say curious. the,
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