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Five Cents
A consumer finds himself in over his head after a string of purchases gets out of control. Drawn by hand on thousands of market data pages from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times with … Continue reading
Brad Pitt Let His 105-Year-Old Neighbor Live in His Mansion Rent-Free | My Modern Met
By Sara Barnes on April 12, 2023 Photo: arp/Depositphotos Did you know that Brad Pitt let a man in his 90s live on his property for free until he died at the age of 105? When you buy a house … Continue reading
The amazing ways plants defend themselves – Valentin Hammoudi
View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-amazin… Plants are constantly under attack. They face threats ranging from microscopic fungi to small herbivores like caterpillars, up to large herbivores like elephants. But plants are ready, with a whole series of internal and external defenses … Continue reading
These animals are also plants … wait, what? – Luka Seamus Wright
xplore the incredible adaptations of Elysia chlorotica, a species of sea slug that can photosynthesize food. — The species of slug known as Elysia chlorotica may not look like much— it resembles a bright green leaf— but it’s one of … Continue reading
Virginia Mori Twists Everyday Anxieties into Dreamlike Illustrations | Colossal
APRIL 11, 2023. GRACE EBERT All images © Virginia Mori, Often featuring minimal palettes, Virginia Mori’s works meld relatable feelings of anxiety, hesitation, and fear with dreamlike inventions. Through pen and ink renderings, Virginia Mori continues her elegant and surreal interpretations … Continue reading
Why Do We Hunt Witches? feat. Megan Phelps-Roper, Nicholas Christakis, Tim Urban, and Luke Burgis
Host of The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling, Megan Phelps-Roper, sits down with Yale sociologist Nicholas Christakis, author and entrepreneur Luke Burgis, and cofounder of Wait But Why, Tim Urban, to discuss the mob mentality that has subsumed college campuses, … Continue reading
Ether/Or — The story of black holes, and how I temporarily lost my mind over an Amazon review
Matthew Mcconaughey went into that black hole in Interstellar and somehow remained all right, all right, all right. New book of depressing poems: https://tinyurl.com/27fdfh63 (you may need to change your region) My other stuff: Books what I wrote yo ► … Continue reading
Vibrant Energy of Business Owners Captured at Black Market Flea | My Modern Met
By Sara Barnes on April 10, 2023 These are wonderful on-the-spot portraits of people celebrating each other. Photographer Jason Armond arrived at Los Angeles’ Black Market Flea with a portable orange backdrop and a desire to capture striking portraits of … Continue reading
Why Nobody Knows the World’s Longest River
[…] Select video clips courtesy of Getty Images Special thanks to MapTiler / OpenStreetMap Contributors and GEOlayers 3 […]
Is fire a solid, a liquid, or a gas? – Elizabeth Cox
View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/is-fire-a-… Sitting around a campfire, you can feel its heat, smell the woody smoke, and hear it crackle. If you get too close, it burns your eyes and stings your nostrils. You could stare at the bright … Continue reading
How Real Vermont Maple Syrup Is Made | Regional Eats
The Maple Guild in Island Pond, Vermont produces 1 million bottles of maple syrup each year. It takes about 44 gallons of sap to make just 1 gallon of syrup. The Maple Guild pioneered a method called Steam-Crafting, which speeds … Continue reading
