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These Pools Help Support Half The People On Earth

What are these electric blue ponds in the middle of the Utah desert? And why do they keep changing color? Join Derek Muller (Veritasium) as he looks into the weird, bizarre, and seemingly inexplicable images found on Google Earth to … Continue reading

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Box seat: scientists solve the mystery of why wombats have cube-shaped poo | Guardian

Unique physiology allows the Australian marsupial to produce square-shaped faeces that may aid communication How wombats produce their cube-shape poo has long been a biological puzzle but now an international study has provided the answer to this unusual natural phenomenon. … Continue reading

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Orwell’s final warning – Picture of the future

George Orwell’s Final Words of warning His prediction of the future 1984

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A Little Piece of Earth

‘There’s something to show for a lifetime of work.’ An architect reflects on a life built off the grid, among redwoods. Directed by Ryan Malloy (subjectivelytrue.media/). More on this video: psyche.co/films/from-modernist-architect-to-a-life-off-grid-a-creative-life-well-lived Watch more on Psyche: psyche.co/films

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Improved microscopy technique sees living cells with seven times more sensitivity – Physics World

A comparison of conventional quantitative phase imaging (top row) and the new ADRIFT-QPI method (bottom) shows the increased sensitivity in imaging features of a live cell. (Courtesy: Toda et al, CC-BY 4.0) Latest development in quantitative phase imaging allows an … Continue reading

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Finches Become “Flock of Songwriters” in Room Full of Electric Guitars

By Emma Taggart on January 27, 2021   This takes the term “songbird” to another level. When you think of bird songs you probably imagine sweet-sounding tweets, cheeps, and chirps. Our feathered friends can create beautiful sounds when they sing, … Continue reading

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The Factory – £130m arts centre reaches major milestone

Plagued by delays and price hikes, MIF’s new home is finally underway IT’s been anything but a smooth conveyor belt ride for The Factory. Our new multimillion pound arts centre, which will be the permanent home of Manchester International Festival … Continue reading

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The Formula That Will Determine Our Energy Future | Answers With Joe

We all want cleaner, more renewable energy. But when it comes down to it, the energy of the future is going to be the cheapest energy. So in this video we compare energy production by the Levelized Cost of Energy, … Continue reading

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Where do atoms come from?

Note: The graph at 7 mins 44 seconds has the axes labels mixed up! The horizontal axis shows the number of neutrons, and the vertical one the number of protons, not the other way round. Sorry about that!! Addendum to … Continue reading

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Last Acre

A documentary portrait centred on a remote settlement of self-built shed and cabin homes, located on the sand dunes of England’s north west coastline, near Barrow-in-Furness. The film explores the social and ecological topography of this off-grid, outlying community. Existing … Continue reading

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