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Why does your Microwave waste half its Power?

Clarification: By saying half the energy is wasted, I only meant that it was available but unused. In other words, the device doesn’t take full advantage of what the wall is providing. It only uses 40-50% of the provided potential. … Continue reading

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Evolution of the Giant Flightless Birds

The ratites or palaeognaths, animals like Emus, Ostriches and Cassowaries are incredibly interesting animals, being some of the largest birds that have ever existed and possessing many primitive looking features that give them a very unique look. However, they also … Continue reading

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On the advantages of believing that nothing is true | Aeon Essays

Alethic nihilism is the theory that nothing is true. There is much to gain by taking this radical idea seriously Truth is a topic philosophers have spent centuries considering. We have asked questions such as: what is the content of … Continue reading

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JWST’s successor: The Carl Sagan Observatory – a 12 METRE optical telescope searching for exo-Earth

Big thank you to Matt Mountain (STSci, AURA) who recently gave a lecture in Oxford on his experience leading the planning and development of JWST and who touched on the Carl Sagan observatory in his talk. #jwst #alienlife #carlsagan Hammel … Continue reading

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MEGACITIES: Reality or Fiction? [Architecture in Sci-Fi]

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From sheep to sea – an ode to the iconic sweater that warms Cornish sailors | Aeon Videos

It all begins with the sheep who wears the fleece: a seafaring ode to the sweater that’s warmed Cornish sailors for centuries Famed for its indigo shade of the ocean and its place-specific knit pattern, the iconic sweater known as … Continue reading

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How is Europe tackling the climate crisis? | DW Documentary

The climate emergency and shrinking biodiversity have taught us that we need to change our relationship with nature. People across Europe are looking to find to a new balance with nature in their lives. Sitting back and doing nothing is, … Continue reading

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How a synapse works

From our free online course, “Fundamentals of Neuroscience”. — Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKJy… — Sign up for emails about new courses: https://harvardx.link/email — HarvardX courses on edX: https://www.edx.org/school/harvardx — Harvard University’s online courses: https://online-learning.harvard.edu/ HarvardX empowers the faculty of … Continue reading

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A conversation with Simon Roper Part 2

This is the second half of my chat with linguist and YouTuber Simon Roper. Part 1 is on Simon’s channel: The starting point of our conversation was my book ‘English After RP’ https://www.amazon.co.uk/English-Afte…

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How We Solved the Greatest Riddle In Navigation

[…] Humanity’s drive to explore our planet is one of the defining characteristics of our species. But exploration only works if you know where you are at any given time. Not so easy when you are out at sea with … Continue reading

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