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Could an Orca Give a TED Talk? | Karen Bakker | TED

What if we could hear nature’s ultrasonic communication — and talk back? From a bat’s shrill speech to a peacock’s infrasound mating call, conservation technology researcher Karen Bakker takes us through a sound bath of animal noises that are far … Continue reading

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What fascinating creatures.

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What makes some languages sound HORRIBLE?

[…] Is 🇮🇹Italian delightful and 🇩🇪German disgusting? Is 🇨🇳Mandarin a melodic mess? In this episode, Rob meets the linguists who’ve tried to work out which are the prettiest and ugliest languages. The results are sure to surprise you. ==LINKS== Niklas … Continue reading

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Emerging Tipping Points in Antarctica

Antarctica currently has very little sea ice – the lowest ever recorded. What are the causes and likely consequences of this reduction? […]

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Why do Birds have baby Crocodile skulls?

hroughout nature there are many examples of fully grown adult animals retaining juvenile features making them look like babies. This may make them look cuter but it also conceals an incredibly powerful phenomenon of evolution that allows animals to adapt … Continue reading

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Very smart bird

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Why White People are Called Caucasian (Illustrated)

(7:14 – Main Presentation) Nell Painter combines the discursive meanings of scholarship with the visual meaning of painting, to answer, literally, why white people are called ‘Caucasian,’ what that looks like, and how they all relate to our ideas about … Continue reading

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Can Sponges “Think” Using Light?

[…] Sponges might not look like particularly complex animals, but they’ve had billions of years to evolve their own special systems. And one of those systems might involve sending messages through their body in the form of light. Hosted by: … Continue reading

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How This One Question Breaks Computers

[…] Sources https://matjaz.substack.com/p/why-are… https://www.khanacademy.org/computing… https://www.udacity.com/course/intro-… The Nature of Computation – Cristopher Moore […]

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The truth about mineral resources.

Will batteries for hundreds of millions of future electric vehicles rob the planet of all its precious minerals? And what about all the minerals and materials for billions of wind turbines and solar panels? Can our planet really cope with … Continue reading

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