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Michaelmas – A Holiday We Forgot About | History

In this video, we take a look at a forgotten holiday that was perhaps as important as Christmas or Easter, called “Michaelmas”. We explore what it was, and why it may have disappeared. […]

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An invention from 100 years ago

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How Was the Electron Discovered?

Chapter 1 (The Philosophy): • How Did the Ancient Greeks Predict Th… Chapter 2 (The Solid Sphere): • The Man Who Changed Chemistry FOREVER… Chapter 3 (The Electron): You’re watching it! Chapters 4-10 coming soon! The FASCINATING 200-Year History of … Continue reading

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Rotary Phones: the Call of History

From the late 1910s well into the 1980s, telephone networks were dominated by analog, rotary-dial-operated switching systems, which at their peak reached astonishing levels of electromechanical sophistication. In this video we examine the history and inner workings of rotary dials … Continue reading

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Man who learnt to read at 18 becomes Cambridge University’s youngest ever black professor | BBC News

A man who could not read or write until he was 18 is to become the youngest ever black person to become a professor at Cambridge. Jason Arday, from south-west London, was diagnosed with autism and global development delay in … Continue reading

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Can You Decode This Alien Message?

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 The “human remains” in Pompeii are not petrified bodies  | history and stories 

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The spine of the median dorsal plate of an Asterolepis

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You’ve Been Lied To About Genetics

Should we give (Mendel’s) peas a chance? Nah, we’ve moved on. Twitter: https://twitter.com/subanima_ Mastodon: @subanima@mathstodon.xyz Website (and mailing list): https://subanima.org SOURCES + FURTHER READING: https://www.subanima.org/mendel/ CORRECTIONS: 9:56 – Weldon didn’t exactly try to replicate Mendel’s results – he didn’t do … Continue reading

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The stories behind the world’s funniest place names

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