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Bolsonaro Says the Best Vaccine for Covid-19 Is the Virus, which Has Killed More than 188,000 in The Country – 24/12/2020 – Science and Health – Folha
Without a mask, the president spoke with supporters and, for the most part, without protection Daniel Carvalho BRASÍLIA President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party) said on Wednesday (23) that the best vaccine for Covid-19 is the coronavirus itself, which … Continue reading
Movements (Chapter III) – Leon Vynehall
[Directors Cut] 2018 Ninjatune Records. Featuring Danielle Roney, Jess Salgueiro, Peter Dreimanis, Vanessa Lee-Ann Dunnet Director – Alex Takacs Producer – Nicole Powell DP – Dustin Lane EP – Rik Green Production Company – Pulse Films Production Manager – Katie … Continue reading
A Rare Photograph Captures ISS Moving Between Jupiter and Saturn During the Great Conjunction
On December 22, Jupiter and Saturn appeared closer together in the sky than they have since March 4, 1226. The nearly 800-year event is known as the Great Conjunction, which occurs to some extent every two decades. In true 2020 fashion, … Continue reading
HOW TO SEE | Francis Picabia
Among the great modern artists of the past century, Francis Picabia also remains one of the most elusive. In this short film, MoMA curator Anne Umland explains how Picabia vigorously avoided any singular style, and instead found inspiration in painting, … Continue reading
We are starting to crack the mystery of how lightning and thunderstorms work
Lightning strikes are not continuous but proceed in steps – but we don’t yet know why this is. Image credit – Bernardo de Menezes Petrucci/Wikimedia, licenced under CC BY-SA 4.0 Imagine lying on a green hill watching the clouds … Continue reading
How To Count Past Infinity
Sources and links to learn more below! I’m very grateful to mathematician Hugh Woodin, Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at Harvard, for taking the time on multiple occasions to discuss this topic with me and help me wrap my (finite) … Continue reading
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Cantor’s Infinity Paradox | Set Theory
Cantor sets and the nature of infinity in set theory.
Coffee and the Maya | DW Documentary
An old idea has been freshly brewed in Guatemala: the cooperative. With private funding from Europe, indigenous small-scale coffee farmers are defying the most adverse conditions in a country that’s been plagued by a bloody civil war. By forming a … Continue reading
Alzheimer’s and the Brain
Vsauce is proud to announce our support for Alzheimer’s Association’s #TheLongestDay now and throughout June during Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness month. Visit http://www.alz.org/Vsauce to join us! More good links: http://www.alz.org/facts/ Alzheimer’s disease facts and figures [PDF]: http://www.alz.org/documents_custom/2… Basics of Alzheimer’s … Continue reading
Rural Life | Burgundy, France
Photographer Sharon Draghi is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this documentary photography. From the project ‘Pastoral’. This project is about a small village in Burgundy, France – the village where my husband’s parents met when they were both … Continue reading
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