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The Green New Deal(s) | US and European Union
Ecosia is the search engine that plants trees: https://ecosia.co/info 00:00 Intro 00:20 1.5 degrees 01:46 What are the Green Deals? 02:53 US Green New Deal, explained 03:56 How to save the US GND 05:06 European Green Deal, explained 06:52 How … Continue reading
Quantum Mechanics: Schrödinger’s discovery of the shape of atoms
General theme I think it could be useful if I restate the central message of the video here, for clarity: The shape of hydrogen (and all atoms) is made up by the way the electron spreads itself, as a wave … Continue reading
How Quantum Mechanics Affects Your Life
While you might not think about quantum mechanics being part of your everyday life, it turns out that it might play a role in some of the most familiar things, from the sunlight in the trees to the nose on … Continue reading
China’s Vanishing Muslims: Undercover In The Most Dystopian Place In The World
China’s Uighur minority live a dystopian nightmare of constant surveillance and brutal policing. At least one million of them are believed to be living in what the U.N. described as a “massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy,” while … Continue reading
Revenge of the tribes: How the American Empire could fall | Amy Chua | Big Think
Yale professor Amy Chua has two precautionary tales for Americans, and their names are Libya and Iraq. “We’re starting to see in America something that I’ve seen in other countries that is not good,” says Chua. “We don’t want to … Continue reading
Under UV Light, Platypuses Radiate a Fluorescent Green-Blue Hue—But Scientists Aren’t Sure Why
From left: visible light, ultraviolet light, and yellow-filtered UV light. Photo by Jonathan Martin The platypus has puzzled researchers for centuries. From its venom-filled spurs, milk-secreting skin, and ability to eat a quarter of its body weight every day, the … Continue reading
The Swiss Cheese Covid-19 Defense | Kottke
The Swiss cheese model of accident causation is a framework for thinking about how to layer security measures to minimize risk and prevent failure. The idea is that when several layers of interventions, despite their weaknesses, are properly stacked up … Continue reading
Q: What Is a Hole? A: We’re Not Sure! | Kottke
How many holes does a donut have? That’s pretty easy: one. What about a straw? Two (one at each end) or just one? (Isn’t a straw just an elongated donut?) Does a coffee mug have one hole or two? Does … Continue reading
Incredible Winners From the 2020 International Photography Awards | My Modern Met
ANTARCTICA: The Waking Giant” by Sebastian Copeland (Germany). First Place – Book Photographer Of the Year, Professional Book, Nature. The world’s top photographers put their best images up for judgment and these are the stunning winners. The prestigious … Continue reading
Researchers find connection between household chemicals and gut microbiome – ScienceBlog.com
November 12, 2020 Washington State University A team of researchers for the first time has found a correlation between the levels of bacteria and fungi in the gastrointestinal tract of children and the amount of common chemicals found in their … Continue reading