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China is officially malaria-free, says WHO

Lucas Niewenhuis               Published June 30, 2021   China was certified today by the World Health Organization as officially free of malaria, joining a club of 40 countries globally, but only three others in the … Continue reading →

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Oldest Known Plague Victim Was Just Discovered. It Was 4,000 Years Before Black Death

Patial skull of man who died of the plague, 5,000 years ago. (Dominik Göldner/BGAEU, Berlin) Five thousand years ago, a rodent bit a Stone Age hunter-gatherer. The creature carried a strain of pernicious bacteria called Yersinia pestis – the pathogen … Continue reading →

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The Internet Does NOT Know What BERGAMOT Is (The Fascinating Reason Why) – Weird Fruit Explorer

Ep 565. The Internet Does NOT Know What BERGAMOT Is – The Fascinating Reason Why Binomial Name: Citrus Bergamia Location: NYC (grown in California) […]

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Black Man Stopped By Police in Japan Caught LIVE ! – Reaction

I have been stopped by the police in numerous countries across the world. And I wanted to bring a few things into perspective. I will start of by sharing a video of me being stopped by the police in Japan … Continue reading →

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The Nannies

“The Nannies” is the 2021 Staff Pick Award Winner at Palm Spring ShortFest. “The Nannies” is a performative documentary with plenty of creative energy driving a deeply personal project. When filmmaker Signe Barvild Stæhr was just five years old, her … Continue reading →

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Episode 58: The Neoliberal Optimism Industry

We’re told the world is getting better all the time. In January, The New York Times’ Nick Kristof explained “Why 2017 Was the Best Year in Human History.” The same month, Harvard professor and Bill Gates’ favorite optimist Steven Pinker … Continue reading →

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Is There Life on Earth?

I mean… how do you really know? SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ If we lived light years from Earth, how would we know there’s life here? Let’s take a … Continue reading →

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Blue balls made “cause of climate change visible” says Real World Visuals | Dezeen

Jennifer Hahn | 22 June 2021 A 2012 animation showing New York buried under a mountain of bubbles allowed people to appreciate the scale of carbon emissions, says Real World Visuals.   A 2012 animation showing New York City being … Continue reading →

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Dark Fish | Kottke

Sometimes you run across an aspect of reality and it just completely blows your mind. You’ve heard of dark matter, right? Well, meet dark fish: biologists suspect that up to 95% of the world’s total fish population lives in a … Continue reading →

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How quantum mechanics help birds find their way

Some birds can sense Earth’s magnetic field, using it to navigate. But precisely how they do this has long remained a mystery. Now, researchers have confirmed that a protein found in bird eyes displays a quantum mechanical phenomenon which makes … Continue reading →

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