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How to identify the CROWS of the UK!

From Ravens to Magpies, Rooks to Carrion crows and Jackdaws to Jays, the corvids of the UK can sometimes be difficult to tell apart. In this video I will show you the best ways to identify every member of the … Continue reading

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Australian Parrot Lands Right on Its Page of in a Bird Book | My Modern Met

By Sara Barnes on January 4, 2023 “Friendly Australian King Parrot landed on my book as I was trying to identify it!” Some photos are only the result of being in the right place at the right time. A Redditor … Continue reading

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The 1918 Pandemic Never Ended

[…] The 1918 pandemic infected over 500 million people, but the virus that caused it didn’t stop in 1918. Hosted by: Stefan Chin […]

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How deep is the ocean?

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3 Ways Of Seeing Invisible Air Flow

In this lab, they use different flow visualization techniques to help detect contraband, residues, and develop trace particle detection methods. Part of this video was sponsored by Caseta by Lutron. Find out more at https://casetawireless.com/veritasium […]

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The true history of the IPA | The Craft Beer Channel

The history of India Pale Ale is fraught with cliches, inaccuracies and pure invention – so we met with award-winning author and beer historian Martyn Cornell to get to the bottom of it then taste through the evolution it has … Continue reading

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ANCIENT DISEASE: How Healthy Were the Ancient Romans (audio fix)

How healthy, or rather, how unhealthy, were ancient people? The Roman Empire was famed for its plumbing systems and aqueducts, but what did the nutritional levels of the population look like? These are questions to which new methods, drawn from … Continue reading

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Vandals Destroy 30,000-Year-Old Indigenous Rock Art in Australia | Hyperallergic

Elaine Velie December 21, 2022 Murrawijinie Cave on the Nullarbor Plain (image via Wikimedia Commons) The drawings, which experts say are irrecoverable, are of particular significance to the Mirning People.   In Southern Australia, vandals forced their way into the … Continue reading

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What If We Just…Stopped Working?

[…] Ever think about how the average person is orders of magnitude more productive than workers of the past, and yet our work week hasn’t gotten any shorter? What’s the deal? In this week’s episode we’re looking at the idea … Continue reading

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3 ways to end a virus

Explore the three main ways viruses can be driven to extinction, and dig into the possibility of COVID-19 dying out. — Viruses are wildly successful organisms. There are about 100 million times as many virus particles on Earth as there … Continue reading

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