How did Polynesian wayfinders navigate the Pacific Ocean? – Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva

Posted on January 23, 2026 by agogo22

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Imagine setting sail from Hawaii in a canoe. Your target is a small island thousands of kilometers away in the middle of the Pacific Ocean — a body of water that covers more than 160 million square kilometers. For thousands of years, Polynesian navigators managed voyages like this without the help of modern navigational aids. How did they do it? Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva explain.

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How Maps Made You Biased

Posted on January 23, 2026 by agogo22
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Macaws in flight over the Amazon rain forest.

Posted on January 23, 2026 by agogo22

Macaws in flight over the Amazon rain forest.
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Warsaw – Old Town Snow Version.

Posted on January 23, 2026 by agogo22

Warsaw – Old Town Snow Version.
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Icelandic Independence Day #nordic #comedy #denmark #iceland #history #language

Posted on January 23, 2026 by agogo22
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Early morning sunlight touching the medieval Market Square in Wrocław, Poland.

Posted on January 22, 2026 by agogo22

Early morning sunlight touching the medieval Market Square in Wrocław, Poland.
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Colours of Manchester

Posted on January 22, 2026 by agogo22

Colours of Manchester
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Smells Humans Are Ridiculously Good At Detecting

Posted on January 22, 2026 by agogo22

Right now, you’re breathing in. As you inhale, air rushes past millions of sensory receptors, activating the part of your brain responsible for smell. And yet, there’s one scent you’ll never notice: the very nose you’re breathing through, because humans are smell blind to themselves.

Today, Professor Hannah Fry and VSauce’s Michael Stevens explore the mechanics of perinasal chemosensation, otherwise known as smell.

They explore how the Victorians sidelined the sense, why we’ve underestimated it ever since, and whether tuning out most of odours our noses detect is a flaw, or a powerful strategy that’s central to survival

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Brock’s Photographic Journey (@bar44.bsky.social). | Tiny mushrooms in the sand, BayOcean, Oregon

Posted on January 22, 2026 by agogo22

Tiny mushrooms in the sand, BayOcean, Oregon #Photography #Mushrooms #Fungi #Oregon 📷🍄‍🟫

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Today’s walk

Posted on January 22, 2026 by agogo22

Today's walk
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