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Five Fire Ant Colony Casting Session Part 3: Casts 4 & 5
Here are the last two casts of the five aluminum fire ant colony casting session. I thought that attempting to cast five colonies in one session and showing the result, regardless of the cast quality, would highlight the difficulty of … Continue reading
National Dementia Plans: Brazil (FEBRAZ) (Spanish Captions)
Elaine Mateus, Secretary of Federação Brasileira de Associaçãoes de Alzheimer (FEBRAZ), talks about the positive impact of working collaboratively with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), ADI, Alzheimers Associations and the Ministry of Health. ‘Hope in the Age of Dementia’ … Continue reading
Economics for the people | Aeon
Mousehold Heath (1810) by John Sell Cotman. Drawing on paper. According to the UK Government, between 1604 and 1914 enclosure Bills enacted by Parliament restricted access to formerly open communal land comprising just over a fifth of the total area … Continue reading
The River Tyburn in The Basement – Mayfair, London
A beautiful water feature, found in the Basement Of Grays Antiques, 58 Davies St, Mayfair, London. I visited while walking the supposed course of the Lost River Tyburn, now esconsed under the tarmac of central London, one of many rivers … Continue reading
Disgusting ‘Fatberg’ Found In London Sewer | World Beneath Our Feet | Earth Lab
In the heart of London there’s a hidden river. The River Fleet was bricked over to form a covered sewer, allowing millions of London residents to live in just a few square miles without serious disease issues. This clip was … Continue reading
Happy UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2020!
Sussex student and Digital Media Guru, Sam, interviews audio preservation engineer, Duncan, from Unlocking Our Sound Heritage. Unlocking Our Sound Heritage is a British Library project to preserve, catalogue, and give access to rare and unique sound recordings from across … Continue reading
TUNNEL VISION: Episode 1 – Cleaning up the Thames in Blackfriars, London
Tunnel Vision is a new web series from Tideway that will take a closer-then-ever look at the two dozen construction sites that make up the project, its amazing engineering and the people dedicated to cleaning up the River Thames. Episode … Continue reading
Animation Shows How Bridges Were Built in 14th-Century Prague | My Modern Met
By Samantha Pires on October 23, 2020 We’re used to driving across bridges to get from place to place, but have you ever wondered how these ambitious architectural Goliaths were first created? Engineering and Architecture dives into the how with … Continue reading
Building a Musical Instrument Out Of Teeth
Teeth! Music! Wall! No refunds. Please file all your “NOOO SIMONE WHY” here: https://twitter.com/SimoneGiertz Thanks Qualcomm for sponsoring: https://www.qualcomm.com/ And thanks @ANDREW HUANG for watching me pull out teeth! The Every Day Calendar is available for pre-order: https://simonegiertz.myshopify.com/ 👇 places … Continue reading
The Ultimate Guide to ONIONS
Onions are the world’s favorite vegetable. But what is the difference between yellow onions, red onions, sweet onions, green onions, shallots, chives…? Today we learn when to use which variety of onion, and I’ll also show you how to make … Continue reading
original udu making in Nigeria – Eugene Skeef’s udu project
This short film by Eugene Skeef shows 4 Igbo women from Nigeria demonstrating the technique of making the udu, a clay pot drum. The udu was invented by the Igbo and it is traditionally a women’s ceremonial instrument. The word … Continue reading
Bass recorder player reacts to Davie504 | Team Recorder
This week I started getting a lot of messages… Team Recorder was on a @Davie504 video! He gave the bass recorder a score of only 2/5…. is he right, and what about the rest of the bass recorder family ?! … Continue reading
