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Ancient DNA reveals the truth about Vikings – BBC REEL
Vikings are often thought of as ‘pure-bred’, blonde-haired, and blue-eyed warriors who changed the course of European history. Now a team of international scientists has debunked this modern-day myth of the Vikings by examining their genetic ancestry. The largest-ever DNA … Continue reading
Is the Hyperloop just Hype?
[…] Elon Musk has been pushing the idea of a hyperloop transport system, in which passenger capsules would race through tubes in near vacuum. Does this idea make sense? What are the problems with the hyperloop and what’s been happening … Continue reading
The Assassin’s Teapot Is Weird
[…] The Assassin’s Teapot belongs to a family of similar trick vessels (Think A Drink, Any Drink Called For, Inexhaustible Bottle, The Magic Kettle). They all rely on surface tension and atmospheric pressure to work. […]
What We Can Learn from 5 Times Rivers Ran Backward
Usually, you can count on a river to flow in one direction, but some things can make it reverse course. Aside from being weird and surprising, these river reversals can often reflect geological changes and have long-lasting impacts on the … Continue reading
…And We’ll Do it Again
Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources… This video is part of the TRESCA project to get more visit https://trescaproject.eu/ This video was produced with funding received from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No 872855. … Continue reading
The Past, Present, and Future of Human Evolution | Compilation
Humanity has changed a lot since the days of our ancestral species, and we have continued evolution to look forward to as well. Hosted by: Hank Green […]
The Mystery of Snowflakes
Dr Ken Libbrecht is the world expert on snowflakes, designer of custom snowflakes, snowflake consultant for the movie Frozen – his photos appear on postage stamps all over the world. This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 200 people … Continue reading
David Wallace-Wells · Ten Million a Year: Dying to Breathe · LRB 2 December 2021
4886 words Not all deaths are created equal. In February 2020, the world began to panic about the novel coronavirus, which killed 2714 people that month. This made the news. In the same month, around 800,000 people died from the … Continue reading
Are Viruses Alive? – with Carl Zimmer
Are viruses alive or are they lifeless packages of protein and nucleic acid? Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/-LUQTjdHYNo Carl’s book “Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive” is available now – https://geni.us/zimmer Countless scientists around the world … Continue reading
