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The Siberian cousins of Native Americans – The Ket People
Bibliography: BOTH LANGUAGES – GOAT SOURCE – Website Archive on everything to do with SELKUP, KET and EVENKI: http://siberian-lang.srcc.msu.ru/en/a… – Youtube Channel archive of native speakers of SELKUP, KET and EVENKI: / @siberian-lang ~~~ACADEMIC SOURCES~~~ English: – Ket Language (Alexandra … Continue reading
Q&A – Quantum Fields: The Real Building Blocks of the Universe – with David Tong
What came first, quantum fields or the big bang? How can equation that we don’t fully understand be written at all? David Tong answers questions from the audience following his talk. Watch the talk here: • Quantum Fields: The Real … Continue reading
What Did the Real Antikythera Mechanism Do And Who Actually Made It?
In 2023’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, the latest entry in the iconic adventure film series, everyone’s favourite swashbuckling archaeologist/grave robber hunts after the titular dial, a mechanism invented by Ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes to predict the appearance … Continue reading
That Time the USA Tried to Make Hippo Farming a Thing
[…] Sources: Miller, Greg, The Crazy, Ingenious Plan to Bring Hippopotamus Ranching to America, Wired, December 20, 2013, https://www.wired.com/2013/12/hippopo… Scott, Mike, Louisiana’s Bizarre Hippo History to be Recounted in Movie ‘American Hippopotamus’, Nola, June 7, 2014, https://www.nola.com/entertainment_li… Holland, Jennifer, How … Continue reading
Which Language Is Closest To English?
[…] SOURCES & FURTHER READING Which Languages Are Closest to English?: https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/la… Germanic Languages: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Scan… English’s Secret Sibling: http://foreignlanguagecollective.com/… […]
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/ […]
What People Get Wrong About African-American English | Otherwords
[…] It’s one of the most studied — and most controversial — varieties of English. But many people still hold deep misconceptions about African-American English (AAE). Otherwords is a new PBS web series on Storied that digs deep into this … Continue reading
How English Took Over the World | Otherwords
How did English become the most spoken language on the planet, and why are there so many varieties of English? Otherwords is a PBS web series on Storied that digs deep into this quintessential human trait of language and fınds … 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
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