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Language Connection Between Asia and the Americas? — The Dené-Yeniseian Language Family Explained
This is literally a reading of an essay I wrote in 2018 for college, discussing the most probable linguistic connection between the Americas and the Old World, thus making it a Video Essay. Works Cited Flegontov, Pavel, et al. … Continue reading
Three-Dimensional Botanics and Insects Are Sculpted in Elegant Stained Glass by Elena Zaycman
Detail of “Two Windows for Flowers” (2020) From her studio in St. Petersburg, artist Elena Zaycman creates delicate flowers and tropical plants from vibrant stained glass. She strays from the traditional two-dimensional panels to produce lifelike forms that resemble fleshy … Continue reading
English in the world: A very brief history of a global language
English today is a truly global language. It’s used all across the world, for everything from finance to popular culture. But how did a language that was once spoken by just a few tribes on an island off the coast … Continue reading
Hawkeye
It is the early 1970s and I must be twelve or thereabouts. It’s Easter and I am in the Scottish borders with my mother and father. My older brothers … Hawkeye
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Spinning Flax (1940-1949)
British Instructional Films presentation. Man holds a bunch of flax out towards the camera. Two men work with large bundles of flax, separating it into smaller bunches. Man lifts large bundles onto a barrow. The fibres are combed by … Continue reading
LINEN – Making Linen Fabric from Flax Seed – Demonstration Of How Linen Is Made
How to make linen from flax. A step by step demonstration of how linen is made using traditional Scotch Irish cottage industry methods. Flax and linen farming was one of County Donegal’s biggest home industries for centuries. Here we show … Continue reading
There aren’t enough trees in the world to offset society’s carbon emissions – and there never will be
Bonnie Waring Senior Lecturer, Grantham Institute – Climate Change and Environment, Imperial College London Even if they can’t save us from climate change, society still depends on forests. One morning in 2009, I sat on a creaky bus winding … Continue reading
Greta Thunberg dubs herself a ‘bunny-hugger’ after Boris Johnson’s climate remarks | The Guardian
Greta Thunberg in Brussels last year. The activist urged leaders to act fast in testimony to Congress on Thursday.Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images Activist changes Twitter bio after UK prime minister tells Biden climate summit there’s ‘nothing wrong with bunny-hugging’ … Continue reading
“It can be done.” – an Earth Day message
In summer 2018, ESA joined with the musician Vangelis and the family of scientist Prof. Stephen Hawking to beam a message marking his passing to the nearest black hole. On 22 April 2020, Earth Day, we’re transmitting this poignant message … Continue reading
The beautiful tricks of flowers
In this visually dazzling talk, Jonathan Drori shows the extraordinary ways flowering plants — over a quarter million species — have evolved to attract insects to spread their pollen: growing ‘landing-strips’ to guide the insects in, shining in ultraviolet, building … Continue reading
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