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Colette: The French resistance fighter confronting fascism – Oscars 2021 Short Documentary Winner
Colette has won the Academy Award in the category of best documentary short. This has been made possible by people like you supporting The Guardian’s independent, audience-funded publishing – we and the filmmakers thank you. Help sustain our future by … Continue reading
RSA ANIMATE: Language as a Window into Human Nature
In this new RSA Animate, renowned experimental psychologist Steven Pinker shows us how the mind turns the finite building blocks of language into infinite meanings. Taken from the RSA’s free public events programme http://www.thersa.org/events.
Population Mountains | Pudding
This is a story about how to perceive the population of cities. By Matt Daniels […] From my perspective (albeit a US-centric one), it was eye-opening to see how the world’s population is so unevenly distributed. For example, compare … Continue reading
Quantum music | Aeon
Katie McCormick is a postdoctoral scholar at the Department of Physics at the University of Washington. Her science writing has appeared in Scientific American, The Conversation and Massive Science, among others. She lives in Seattle, WA. Physics has long … Continue reading
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The Otherworldly Sounds of Ice | Kottke
The holes drilled into Arctic, Antarctic, and glacial ice to harvest ice cores can be up to 2 miles deep. One of my all-time favorite sounds is created by dropping ice down into one of these holes — it makes … Continue reading
Are Viruses Alive?
[…]Viruses all around us, they evolve, grow, and can be killed. But are they alive? Hosted by: Michael Aranda[…]
Easy fraction trick you should know
This fraction trick is so easy – but you probably don’t know it…because, let’s face it, you were stuffing around and not paying attention in school! It’s OK – blame your teacher I guess! That’s OK – youtube and tecmath … Continue reading
Geological Misfits: 4 Small Weird Places
There are some places on our planet that seem pretty ordinary, they’re just… weirdly small. Like, a miniature desert, or a teensy volcano. But when you look a little closer, there’s a lot more to these tiny geological misfits than … Continue reading
Bears In CANADA VS FINLAND (funny)
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