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How China’s Economy Actually Works
Professor Chenggang Xu (Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business) explains what the world commonly misunderstands about Chinese economic growth and reform.
Sci-Fi Short Film: “Speak Only Good of the Dead” | DUST
[…] A military supercomputer learns about poetry, love and fate. Based on Kurt Vonnegut’s short story “EPICAC” “Speak Only Good of the Dead” by Jac Viramuerte and Samuel Romero Connect with the Filmmakers: https://www.instagram.com/sogodfilm/ https://www.instagram.com/samu_romero/ https://www.instagram.com/crocdeathspin/ More About “Speak Only … Continue reading
The whitewashing of Rome | Aeon
Jamie Mackay is a writer and translator whose work has appeared in The Guardian, Frieze and The Times Literary Supplement, among others. He is the author of The Invention of Sicily (July 2021). He lives in Florence, Italy. 4,200 words … Continue reading
Man Spends 30 Years Turning Degraded Land into Massive Forest – Fools & Dreamers (Full Documentary)
The incredible story of how degraded gorse-infested farmland has been regenerated back into beautiful New Zealand native forest over the course of 30 years.. Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest is a 30-minute documentary about Hinewai Nature Reserve, on … Continue reading
Zhurong Rover driving on Mars in 4K video with sound
On June 27, 2021 CNSA published video of Zhurong Rover driving on Mars with sound included and 4K extended virsion is here. Chinese Zhurong Rover landed on Mars at Utopia Planitia site within Tianwen-1 mission. Video taken by the camera … Continue reading
Corona’s consequences – how the pandemic is changing globalization | DW Documentary
Around the world, pandemic-related lockdowns have hit our globalized economy hard. Supply chains have been disrupted, industries crippled. The coronavirus has laid bare the risks of global interconnectedness. Is the crisis the beginning of the end of globalization? In early … Continue reading
Episode 58: The Neoliberal Optimism Industry
We’re told the world is getting better all the time. In January, The New York Times’ Nick Kristof explained “Why 2017 Was the Best Year in Human History.” The same month, Harvard professor and Bill Gates’ favorite optimist Steven Pinker … Continue reading
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The Shocking Way Your Body Makes Electricity
Here’s a thought: What IS a thought? I know it involves my brain, and my brain is made of neurons. And my brain’s neurons are listening to other neurons all over my body. But how do those neurons actually work? … Continue reading
Visualising gravitational waves
I take a classic demonstration of warping spacetime and figure out how to demonstrate gravitational waves with the addition of some wheels and a drill. Discussion video about LIGO and gravitational waves: Tom Scott’s video about frame rate: Visit my … Continue reading
Why Elon Musk’s Starbase is Meeting Resistance in Texas Border Town | WSJ
Elon Musk’s proposed SpaceX expansion in South Texas is dividing Brownsville area residents. Some in the small border town believe the aerospace company could be the economically depressed region’s ticket to development, jobs and education. Others say it’s a threat … Continue reading
