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Mami-Wata & The Mermaids in African Mythology | Swali Africa
CHRIS CAMPO March 25th 2016 HISTORY OF MERMAIDS IN AFRICA African culture has portrayed the idea of the mermaid in many ways across the continent. It has also been observed that certain features are similar across these variations; she has … Continue reading
Over 700 Stars Mysteriously Vanished In The Last 70 Years, But Why?
[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the mystery of vanishing stars Articles/Links: Click to access 2009.10813.pdf Click to access 1911.05068.pdf https://www.seti.org/event/going-dark… http://user.it.uu.se/~kripe367/MLblin… […]
Is there a symmetry between metacognition and mindreading? | Aeon Essays
Tokyo, 1996. Photo by Harry Gruyaert/Magnum Knowing the content of one’s own mind might seem straightforward but in fact it’s much more like mindreading other people In 1978, David Premack and Guy Woodruff published a paper that would go … Continue reading
Oldest Living National Park Ranger Celebrates Her 100th Birthday | My Modern Met
View this post on Instagram A post shared by National Park Service (@nationalparkservice) Happy birthday, Ranger Betty! By Sara Barnes on September 23, 2021 Betty Reid Soskin has achieved amazing milestones in her life. One of them has been … Continue reading
What Do Our Brains Do When We’re Dreaming?- with Mark Solms
Sigmund Freud was the first scientist to support the popular notion that dreams are meaningful. Fifty years later, the discovery of REM sleep thoroughly discredited the notion. Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/SgdbguclqSk Mark’s latest book “The Hidden Spring” is available now: … Continue reading
Why Swahili is becoming Africa’s Official Language
The Remarkable Rise of Swahili in Africa. Swahili is a Bantu language, which stands out from the rest in Africa and is the most spoken and widely studied indigenous African language. Swahili’s rise, development and spread also makes it the … Continue reading
CO2 Spike 55 Million Years Ago Had an Interesting Effect on Our Planet
[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about a very important period of time on the planet 55 million years ago when a lot of CO2 was suddenly released. Links: https://climeworks.com/orca Ian … Continue reading
Did the pandemic signal the end of the American era? | The Bottom Line
Canadian-American anthropologist Wade Davis holds a mirror up to the United States and sees a society in decline. Davis argues that the US dominated the world in the post-WWII era because Americans came out of the war with a sense … Continue reading
The Surprising Species That Everything Else Depends On | IN OUR NATURE
[…] Seemingly distant ecosystems, even half a world apart, are connected in surprising ways. In this special limited series, Emily Graslie and Trace Dominguez join me as we explore the universal rules of life that tie together Earth’s living systems. … Continue reading
Surprising Findings About Radiation on Mars During a Manned Mission
[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about new discoveries about the dangers of radiation during a potential mission to Mars Links: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/sa… https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c… https://mepag.jpl.nasa.gov/topten.cfm… https://marspedia.org/Radiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsar,… […]
