Tag Archives: Environment

Why the 1970s stagflation myth still misleads our politics

We’re told that the 1970s proved Keynesian economics failed, that inflation and unemployment could rise together, and only neoliberalism could fix it. But the truth is very different. External shocks, not excessive spending, drove that crisis. Governments panicked, misunderstood money, … Continue reading

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6 Places with Weird Human Mutations

Go to http://complexlylearnathon.com to check out the Learnathon schedule and support our cool stuff! There are a lot of places, conditions, and situations that just don’t seem all that survivable for most people. But for certain populations of humans, conditions … Continue reading

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Patrick Favrel (@patleon.bsky.social) | Adrian Takano San Pablo Tepetlapa – Mexique

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In 1907, Yoshitaro Shibasaki and his team climbed Mount Tsurugi, once thought to be Japan’s last unclimbed mountain. At the summit, they discovered a metal cane decoration and a sword, later found to have been left there over 1,000 years earlier

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A Bronze Age Pompeii in Greece 🌋

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He Turned Down $300,000 Just to Insult the Rich

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A hedgehog approached a passerby so that he could remove the tape from its paw. 🥹

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Sunset over a Bavarian Lake

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Loretta Robinson (@lorettarobinson.bsky.social) | Downy Woodpeckers

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The Life Scientific – Julia Simner on tasty words and hearing colours – BBC Sounds

Professor Julia Simner tests Jim for synaesthesia with surprising results. Imagine if you were listening to an opera or a Taylor Swift concert, and as the lights in the auditorium dimmed, the music was accompanied by a rainbow of colours … Continue reading

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