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How to Talk to Aliens | The Space Show
Professor Michael Garrett of the University of Manchester speaks with Motherboard’s Becky Ferreira about his work with SETI – the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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Solo Female In 4×4 Adventure Rig Finds Freedom And Adventure On The Road
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Stirling Heat Engine to Stirling Heat Pump : How is it done?
Stirling engines have been around since the nineteenth century. They are an elegantly simple way of generating power using temperature differentials, but nobody ever found a way to make them efficient enough for wide scale use. Now a UK company … Continue reading
Heat Pumps: the Future of Home Heating
It’s so cold that it’s hot. Part 2: https://youtu.be/7zrx-b2sLUs I referenced a lot of old videos in this one. Here they are, in clickity linkity form! Chest Freezers; What they tell us about designing for X Old-fashioned rice cookers are … Continue reading
Why the Stars Are Disappearing
[…] It never gets dark anymore. Not REALLY dark, anyway. Not like it used to. Light pollution is not only making it more difficult to see the night sky, but it’s also affecting our health. For the past century and … Continue reading
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The case to recognise Indigenous knowledge as science | Albert Wiggan | TEDxSydney
In this passionate talk, Albert Wiggan calls for better recognition from the scientific community arguing that Indigenous knowledge is science and that’s what we should call it. Albert Wiggan is a Bardi-Kija-Nyul Nyul man from the beautiful waters of Boddergron … Continue reading
How Indigenous fire management practices could protect bushland | Australian Story
Passed on through the generations, could Indigenous cultural burning save Australia’s landscape from another catastrophic bushfire season? When Victor Steffensen saw horrific bushfires breaking out across large parts of Australia this summer, it was no surprise to him. The amount … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, construction, could Indigenous cultural burning save Australia's landscape from another catastrophic bushfire season? When Victor Steffensen saw horrific bushfires breaking out across large parts of Australia this , design, Environment, it was no surprise to him. The amount of vegetation on the landscape — and the type of vegetation — looked to him like a time bomb waiting to go off. He believes we can look to the past to prevent, Life, nature, Passed on through the generations, science, traditional knowledge, Victor says one of the answers may lie with the fire management techniques practiced by Indigenous people for thousands of years. Read more: https://ab.co/2XvlSZv
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Why are populations in Eastern and Central Europe in freefall? | The Stream
The world’s population is increasing, with the United Nations projecting that it may grow from 7.7 billion people in 2019 to 9.7 billion in 2050. Half of the projected rise is expected to be driven by population growth in a … Continue reading
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
[…] If you want a suggestion for the free audiobook or for reading a book, here’s FightMediocrity beginner’s reading list: 1. Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki: http://amzn.to/1VLAklY 2. The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss: http://amzn.to/1Qn5DA5 3. How to … Continue reading
Ghana plants 5 million trees in a single day to combat deforestation | The Hindu
The expansion of farming, and to a lesser degree mining and logging, has led to high levels of deforestation in Ghana, environmentalists say. Ghana aimed to plant at least 5 million trees in a single day on Friday to help … Continue reading
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