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McDonald’s $3.4 Billion IOU To Itself

[…] dmit it, we’ve all eaten at McDonald’s. Yes, their fries are delicious. You know what’s not delicious? The world’s biggest companies scamming the rest of us out of our hard-earned money by exploiting tax havens and obscene loopholes. In … Continue reading →

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Imagine a world without fossil fuels | The Kid Should See This

What would it be like to live without fossil fuels? What would that planet look like? What would our neighborhoods sound and smell like? Imagine this Source: Imagine a world without fossil fuels | The Kid Should See This

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Adapting to Our New Climate | Solving for Zero: The Search for Climate Innovation

n the next 30 years, climate change could affect enough of the planet to cause as many as 200 million displaced persons—four times as many as World War II. Although steps are being taken to reduce our carbon emissions, we … Continue reading →

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What Ancient Egyptian Sounded Like – and how we know

How did Egyptians pronounce the language behind the hieroglyphs? Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_… Become my patron: https://www.patreon.com/NativLang ~ Briefly ~ From Hatshepsut to Nefertiti to a Coptic Abuna, meet the many forms of the long-lived Egyptian language. Watch as they … Continue reading →

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No, it’s not a teepee frame | Upping It

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Visualizing the World’s Fertility Rate over 200 years

Starting in the 20th century, the fertility rates of the world went crashing down. In just one or two generations nations went from 7 or 8 babies per woman on average to 1 or 2. In this video we visualize … Continue reading →

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Why Genetic Engineering Can’t Do Everything (Yet)

[…] We’ve made some great strides in understanding the human genome, but before we can tackle genetic engineering, we have some “chicken and egg” problems to figure out. Hosted by: Hank Green […]

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@jordanmatter the ending was worth it! | earthpix

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What Is This Debris Falling Off The Sides Of Rockets?

Many videos of Chinese Long March rockets show huge amounts of debris being shed immediately upon liftoff, and I often get asked whether that’s normal. These are of course foam insulation panels needed for temperature control and depending on the … Continue reading →

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How the Sahara Desert has Turned into a Farmland Oasis GREENING THE DESERT PROJECT #2

In the African Sahel, a country called Bukina Faso bordering the Sahara Desert has stopped the advancement of desertification and turned degraded soil into a farmland Oasis in the desert. In the semi arid region of the Sahal the advancement … Continue reading →

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