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Video: Dried-up Aral Sea springs back to life
Straddling the border between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the Aral Sea was once the fourth-largest saline lake in the world, an inland sea of 66,000 square kilometres. But in 1950, the Soviets diverted the two rivers that fed it in order … Continue reading
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Face To Face | Carl Gustav Jung (1959) HQ
Professor Jung is interviewed at his home in Switzerland by John Freeman. Theme music: excerpt from Les Francs-Juges by Berlioz, 1825. A lecture on Freud by Theodore Dalrymple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm8O4… An earlier American interview with Jung: https://www.bitchute.com/video/zGqwOB…
The Source of Consciousness – with Mark Solms
Mark Solms discusses his new theory of consciousness that returns emotions to the centre of mental life. Mark’s book “The Hidden Spring” is available now: https://geni.us/CWaA Watch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/gmOzBePcRg4 Understanding why we feel a subjective sense of self and … Continue reading
Paper, Plastic, or Reusable? The Truth About Green Grocery Bags
It seems like a simple question with a straightforward answer, but when you look at the total environmental impact of each type of bag, things start to get a little complicated. Hosted by: Hank Green
Economic benefits of protecting nature now outweigh those of exploiting it – ScienceBlog.com
This is according to researchers behind the largest-ever study comparing the value of protecting nature at particular locations with that of exploiting it. A team led by the University of Cambridge and RSPB as part of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative … Continue reading
Global Women – Career Limiting
What’s the most career limiting thing you can do? It turns out that if you’re a woman, it’s having a baby. A short little film directed by me for Global Women New Zeeland. Produced with Saatchi & Saatchi and Passion … Continue reading
Never feel cold? You may have your genes to thank | Big Think
New research shows that a genetic variant in the skeletal muscle gene, ACTN3, makes people more resilient to cold temperatures. Some people just aren’t bothered by the cold, no matter how low the temperature dips. And the reason for this … Continue reading
Cuttlefish Passed a Cognitive Test Originally Designed for Human Children | My Modern Met
By Madeleine Muzdakis on March 5, 2021 In this case, the marshmallow was shrimp. The common (European) cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis). If you sat in front of a delicious marshmallow, would you be able to wait to eat it? What … Continue reading
We Had Electric Cars in 1900… Then This Happened.
In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I look at how the electric car was popular in the 1900s and then everything changed. Specifically, I look at how electric cars have been around multiple times and have failed … Continue reading
How Viruses Evolved
[…] Viruses are tiny and are often not even considered to be living but they still have a massive impact on life and life’s history, in fact they may be so historical that they predate cellular life. Sources: https://www.nature.com/scitable/topic… https://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/…
