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Astronomers Get Their Wish, and the Hubble Crisis Gets Worse
Natalie Wolchover Senior Writer/Editor The Gaia telescope gauges the distances to stars by measuring their parallax, or apparent shift over the course of a year. Closer stars have a larger parallax. We don’t know why the universe appears to … Continue reading
12 Mind Blowing Number Systems From Other Languages
Today is a big day for lovers of the number 12, and no one loves 12s more than the members of the Dozenal Society. The Dozenal Society advocates for ditching the base-10 system we use for counting in favor of … Continue reading
Maya Math
J&P Voelkel demonstrate Maya math – addition & subtraction.
We All Move Together
INNER CITY x IDRIS ELBA – We All Move Together Detroit Will Breathe are an integrated, youth-led, organization fighting against police brutality and systemic racism in the city of Detroit. To learn more and donate: gofundme.com/f/detroit-will-breathe Dancer – Kenya Sutton … Continue reading
Seven Million Years of Human Evolution
Scientists use fossils to reconstruct the evolutionary history of hominins—the group that includes modern humans, our immediate ancestors, and other extinct relatives. Today, our closest living relatives are chimpanzees, but extinct hominins are even closer. Where and when did they … Continue reading
Illusion Sculptures Only Appear If You Stand In The Right Spot | Master Craft
Michael Murphy is the artist behind Perceptual Art. He creates illusionary sculptures that form portraits of people, words, or objects, but that you can see only if you’re standing in the right place — otherwise, it just looks like a … Continue reading
Surprising top 10 facts about DONKEYS you probably didn’t know!
Footage for this video came from: Donkey’s Land Greece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH8F-… ESPI – Horse Protection Society, Greece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB_-5… Meribelle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQQVb… SAWA shelter, Santorini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL098… and working donkeys in Santorini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E41Zq… ——————————————————– I am Valia Orfanidou, follow me anywhere here: The Orphan … Continue reading
Top 10 Nursery Rhyme Dark Origins
Most nursery rhymes that date far back, if not all of them, seem to carry a dark part of history with them.
Sci-Fi Short Film: “Article 19-42” | DUST
Julie and Thomas cross the Northern forest in their 4×4. As they leave the main road, they are met by an unwelcoming man. He was obviously waiting for them, they give him a sum of money. Together they continue deeper … Continue reading
Thinking With Things: Professor Sarah Harper
What can we learn about the lives of ancient populations and how does this compare to modern societies? The boy lived during the Roman period of ancient Egypt (AD80–120), a time we know a lot about due to the Romans … Continue reading
George Monbiot on Brexit: Capitalism’s Civil War
“Farage and his ilk are just tools of something much bigger & much deeper than they are” Full 16min George Monbiot Interview ► https://www.patreon.com/posts/44881489
The year of virtual travel: the benefits of exploring the world through webcams | The Conversation
Author David Jarratt Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management, University of Central Lancashire As our freedom of movement continues to be curtailed due to COVID-19, webcam travel seems set to continue. During the first UK lockdown I received an email from … Continue reading
