Category Archives: Culture

Watch a Vinyl Record Spin so Quickly That it Shatters- Colossal

Posted on June 5, 2018 by agogo22

The The Slow Mo Guys (Dan Cruchy and Gavin Free) have found fame creating slow motion videos of otherwise undetectably fast movements. Their latest experiment, filmed at 12,500 frames per second, shows a vinyl record spinning so quickly that it … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s referendum results: legalised abortion projected to win “by a landslide” — Sound Books

Posted on May 26, 2018 by agogo22

Ireland’s no-exceptions-made abortion ban was one of the cruelest and most inhumane in the world, and after years of struggle, the country has finally held a referendum to amend its constitution and strike down the abortion ban in Article 8; … Continue reading →

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The Civil Rights Era Roots of Roller Skating

Posted on May 11, 2018 by agogo22

Great Big Story Published on 9 May 2018 SUBSCRIBED 2.3M In cities like Atlanta, roller skating culture is alive and rocking. But, its roots go back decades, back to the Civil Rights era. During desegregation in the 1950s and 1960s, … Continue reading →

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3 ways to plan for the (very) long term – TED

Posted on May 9, 2018 by agogo22

We increasingly make decisions based on short-term goals and gains — an approach that makes the future more uncertain and less safe. How can we learn to think about and plan for a better future in the long term … … Continue reading →

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The Museum of British Folklore – celebrating the magic and ritual of our lives – Museum Crush

Posted on May 1, 2018 by agogo22

Objects from the collection of Museum of British Folklore. © Simon Costin / Museum of British Folklore. Ahead of a series of features exploring their collection, Museum Crush talks to the Museum of British Folklore about their plans to start … Continue reading →

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For These South Sudanese Refugees, Bedsheets Are a Reminder of Home – National Geographic

Posted on April 29, 2018 by agogo22

Irene Sonia poses in front of a milaya, or bedsheet—one of the few things her mother managed to bring when they fled South Sudan for Uganda.   On her first day in the sprawling South Sudanese settlement of Bidibidi in Uganda, home … Continue reading →

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No Age Limit to Achieving Your Dreams – Great Big Story

Posted on April 13, 2018 by agogo22

From Great Big Story: “In this reel, we meet five individuals proving there are no limits when following your dreams. We visit Nottingham’s Football club where we have a cuppa with an 88-year-old tea boy, travel to Nepal to attend … Continue reading →

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MLK’s Granddaughter At March For Our Lives: ‘I Have A Dream That Enough Is Enough’ — HelloBeautiful

Posted on March 24, 2018 by agogo22

Source: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Eleven-year-old Naomi Wadler wasn’t the only Black girl that stole the show at the March For Our Lives rally on March 24. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 9-year-old granddaughter, Yolanda Renee King, wowed the … Continue reading →

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What would school be like if Albert Einstein was your principal? – Big Think

Posted on March 24, 2018 by agogo22

Einstein didn’t like the schools he went to, how would he improve them? Source: What would school be like if Albert Einstein was your principal?

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How Grandfather Clocks Got Their Name

Posted on March 10, 2018 by agogo22

On an interesting episode of Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains how grandfather clocks originally got their name.Grandfather clocks- with their long cases, pendulums, echoing chimes, and Roman numerals- seem to belong to the world of courting parlors, … Continue reading →

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The emergence of universal consciousness: Brendan Hughes at TEDxPretoria

Posted on February 24, 2018 by agogo22

It was Aristotle who first argued that the whole is something greater than the sum of its parts. More recently, quantum physicists have argued for the existence of a unified field in which all particles and forces exist. This short … Continue reading →

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Hawaii’s Rain Dancers Summon Storms

Posted on February 23, 2018 by agogo22

On the island of Hawaii, the rain dancers of Waimea perform their art for the only audience that matters: their ancestors. When they call for rain and snow, they dance not to entertain, but to feed and nourish their land. … Continue reading →

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