Monthly Archives: December 2018

The history of tea – Shunan Teng

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-history… Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world after water –– and from sugary Turkish Rize tea to salty Tibetan butter tea, there are almost as many ways of preparing the beverage as there … Continue reading

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Did This Scientist Just Solve The Mystery of Dark Matter and Dark Energy?

[from the description] You can buy Universe Sandbox 2 game here: http://amzn.to/2yJqwU6 Dr Jamie Farnes’ channel with cool simulations: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8lt… And the paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1712.07962.pdf And also the site: http://jamiefarnes.co.uk/ Hello and welcome to What Da Math! In this video, we … Continue reading

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Geometric Animals Come to Life in DIY Lamp Kits by OWL

OWL, a Libson-based lamp brand founded by two architects in 2016, offers a wide range of friendly wild animals that can be turned into volumetric lamps using simple folding techniques. As you might guess, OWL offers a few different owl designs, … Continue reading

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The Ingenious Botanist in the Mountains of Tajikistan – The Atlantic

Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis and Maude Plante-Husaruk, both filmmakers, were researching their upcoming trip to Central Asia when they first heard a man named Raïmberdi talk about plants. “We stumbled upon a French TV program about [Tajikistan] where Raïmberdi had briefly appeared, … Continue reading

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Traditional and Contemporary Japanese Culture Collides in Striking Photographs by RK – Colossal

Tokyo-based photographer RK  explores the far reaches of Japan, as well as neighboring Asian countries, shooting images that capture both timeless and of-the-moment scenes. RK often includes signs of life in his landscape images, whether a fisherman casting a line beneath … Continue reading

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The making of Paper Bristol

Over the last couple of months I’ve had the pleasure of making Paper Bristol! As a follow-up to Paper London and Paper Bournemouth I created Paper Bristol to celebrate my recent move to the city. It’s the most friendly, vibrant … Continue reading

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paper mache sculptures by Mélanie Bourlon

 

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Fractal art – Richard Sweeney

Richard Sweeney was born in Huddersfield, England in 1984. He discovered a natural talent for sculpture at Batley School of Art and Design in 2002, which led him to the study of Three Dimensional Design at the Manchester Metropolitan University, … Continue reading

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New Theory on Dark Matter, Dark Energy

Originally posted on Allan Brewer, Author: Blog on Cherry-picked Science :
Fg indicates the force, a indicates the acceleration A fascinating new paper released today suggest that both dark matter and dark energy can be explained by a single phenomenon –…

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro lumps native tribes with women in new ministry

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