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Exciting Updates From M87 Galaxy and Its Iconic Blackhole

[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about updates from the icon M 87 galaxy and its blackhole Links: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10… https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10… https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10… Jets: • M87 Black Hole Je… SgrA* image: • History … Continue reading

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Where does gold come from? – David Lunney

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/where-does-… Did you know that gold is extraterrestrial? Instead of arising from our planet’s rocky crust, it was actually cooked up in space and is present on Earth because of cataclysmic stellar explosions called supernovae. CERN Scientist … Continue reading

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The Hummingbird Effect | Full Episode | NATURE | PBS

Official site: https://to.pbs.org/3GgqB6Q | #NaturePBS Discover how tiny hummingbirds influence their many flowering kingdoms and their ripple effects on macaws, quetzals, monkeys, tapirs and more. Set in the exotic landscapes of Costa Rica. The Hummingbird Effect premiered on April 12, … Continue reading

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The Mystery Behind Earth’s Most Epic Migration

[…] The biggest (and most mysterious!) migration in the world happens every night in the ocean as 10 billion tons of zooplankton swim to the surface to feed. This undersea journey is known as Diel vertical migration, and it occurs … Continue reading

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Causes of climate change

The evidence is clear: the main cause of climate change is burning fossil fuels such as oil, gas, and coal. When burnt, fossil fuels release carbon dioxide into the air, causing the planet to heat up. What causes climate change? … Continue reading

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How we get tree planting wrong | It’s Complicated

In the face of the impending climate catastrophe, there has been a growing clamour to repopulate the trillions of trees our planet has lost over the centuries. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://is.gd/subscribeguardian But large-scale tree planting is … Continue reading

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Ghosts of the Denisovans ~ with PROFESSOR LAURA SHACKELFORD

They are perhaps the most mysterious of all hominids – the Denisovans. Stumbled upon just over a decade ago, this group has given up its DNA but not all of its bones. LAURA SHACKELFORD is an Associate Professor in the … Continue reading

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These Fossils Came From Space (But Aren’t Aliens)

[…] ossils are the remains of living things like dinosaurs, right? Not necessarily. Fossil METEORITES are totally a thing! They’re rare, but when scientists find them, they help fill in the picture of Earth’s ancient past. Hosted by: Hank Green … Continue reading

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Can the liquid motion of the octopus radicalise our ideas about time? | Aeon Essays

llustration by Claire Scully We humans are forward-facing, gravity-bound plodders. Can the liquid motion of the octopus radicalise our ideas about time? Light spatters on the seafloor, creating a moving kaleidoscope of greens, blues and beiges as seagrass sways back … Continue reading

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Books You Can (Never) Read

You never know, you might only have a narrow window to enjoy something before its gone. After 7 months, I have returned. In this long installment of Trey the Explainer, I discuss the history of books, literacy, and lost media. … Continue reading

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