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Stunning Posters Illustrate the History of Jazz and Hip-Hop | My Modern Met
By Margherita Cole on February 23, 2023 Jazz Love Blueprint: A History of Jazz Music (Dorothy | $40.18) It’s hard to capture the history of an entire music genre, but Dorothy finds a way to do it in style. It’s … Continue reading
Thoth’s Pill – an Animated History of Writing
My animation takes you through the birth and evolution of writing. Watch the story of the world’s scripts unfold, from the early cave days to modern writing systems. But only if you choose to take Thoth’s Pill… This animated documentary … Continue reading
Are Black Holes the Source of Dark Energy? – EXPLAINED
Earlier this week, a physicists claimed they had proven a link between mysterious “dark energy” that is accelerating the expansion of the universe and supermassive black holes at the hearts of galaxies. 0:00 Do Black Holes Create Dark Energy? 0:46 … Continue reading
Geneticist Talks 23andMe, Race Science Myths and Richard Dawkins | Ash Meets Dr Adam Rutherford
On the far-right, race science is making a screaming comeback. From “the 14 words” to scaremongering about “white genocide” in the face of changing demographics, the idea that race purity is under threat and must be violently defended is gaining … Continue reading
Nobody Knows Who Built This Ancient Observatory
[…] The Chankillo Archeoastronomical Complex is an ancient solar observatory in Peru that was built thousands of years before the Inca civilization ruled the area. Very little is known about the actual culture who built this ingenious structure, but we … Continue reading
Incredible Zulu click language – The ultimate tongue twister.
akhile has a new channel!! If you like his stuff, please consider subscribing to his channel here: https://youtube.com/channel/UCM2YGltZ… I know it would mean the world to him… Many of the languages spoken by the Nguni people of southern Africa as … Continue reading
How ChatGPT Works Technically For Beginners
Corrections: 7:00 MRI scan doesn’t measure electricity. EEG does. 26:21 1k -10k times the number of neurons. Don’t quote me on this, not too sure. Slides used in the video: https://docs.google.com/presentation/…
The women monitoring climate change in the North and South Pole – BBC World Service
Climate change is having a devastating impact on the North and the South Pole – melting glaciers and endangering the local wildlife. Kim Chakanetsa meets two women who are monitoring these changes closely. Subscribe – https://www.youtube.com/bbcworldservice Hilde Fålun Strøm is … Continue reading
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