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BBC Radio 4 | The Bottom Line, The Age of the Train?
Could long-distance trains become a serious competitor to the plane? For most people, the aeroplane is the default mode of long distance transport Whilst the UK has only two overnight sleeper services, long distance train travel and sleeper services are … Continue reading
What is Steampunk? Fiction to Subculture | Explained for the Curious
Steampunks answer this question all the time. Steampunk is a fiction genre and a subculture with its own fashion, music, and philosophy! Welcome to Steampunk 101. This video covers the history from literary origins as a science fiction offshoot to … Continue reading
How to Think Computationally about AI, the Universe and Everything | Stephen Wolfram | TED
Drawing on his decades-long mission to formulate the world in computational terms, Stephen Wolfram delivers a profound vision of computation and its role in the future of AI. Amid a debut of mesmerizing visuals depicting the underlying structure of the … Continue reading
Ýrúrarí’s Knit and Felted Characters Are Cheeky Additions to Mended Garments | Colossal
OCTOBER 30, 2023 GRACE EBERT All images © Ýr Jóhannsdóttir Ýrúrarí has spent the last few years crafting an extensive cast of felted and knitted characters to accompany her throughout the day. Ýr Jóhannsdóttir moves through the world with a … Continue reading
Why Does And Have Its Own Symbol?
[…] SOURCES & FURTHER READING Common Symbols: https://www.scribendi.com/academy/art… Ampersand 101: https://writer.com/blog/ampersand/ English Symbols: https://promova.com/blog/english-symbols Logo Graphs: https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-a-l… The Ampersand: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ampe… Most Common Words In English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_co… Pompeii’s Ampersand: https://shadycharacters.co.uk/2014/11… Therefore Sign: https://wumbo.net/symbols/therefore/ […]
‘Ghost Rivers’ Visualizes a Mile-Long Stream Buried Deep Beneath Baltimore | Colossal
OCTOBER 27, 2023 GRACE EBERT Photo © Public Mechanics. Ghost Rivers is a multi-site installation and walking tour that visualizes the path of Sumwalt Run below Remington and Charles Village. How much do we really know about the land we … Continue reading
What remains of the “first” steam powered passenger railway line?
The Stockton-Darlington Railway wasn’t the first time steam locomotives had been used to pull people, but it was the first time they had been used to pull passengers over any distance worth talking about. In 1825 that day came when … Continue reading
The Twisting, Turning Tale of the Invention of Dr Pepper
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Wind Animates Vibrant Fabrics in Thomas Jackson’s Ephemeral Environmental Installations | Colossal
OCTOBER 24, 2023 KATE MOTHES Tulle no. 046” (2022), Nantucket, Massachusetts. All images © Thomas Jackson Ethereal sheets of tulle appear to hover in spectral motion over meadows and in copses of trees in Thomas Jackson’s latest photographs. “If there’s … Continue reading
Why the price of Coke didn’t change for 70 years (classic) | Planet Money
October 11, 20234:22 PM ET By David Kestenbaum Mike Fisher/Flickr This episode originally ran in 2012. Prices go up. Occasionally, prices go down. But for 70 years, the price of a bottle of Coca-Cola didn’t change. From 1886 until the … Continue reading
