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Are We All Actually Archaea?

[…] The unexpected discovery of an entirely new domain of life was pretty huge and surprising – even if archaea do just look like bacteria. But, in recent years, it’s been their connection to us that’s turned out to be … Continue reading →

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Through a 1,600-Pound Sculpture of Moving Chains, Artist Charles Gaines Confronts the Enduring Legacy of American Slavery | Colossal

OCTOBER 25, 2022. GRACE EBERT All images by Timothy Schenk, courtesy of Creative Time, Eight years after artist Charles Gaines began work on “Moving Chains,” the monumental public work now stands at Outlook Hill on Governors Island. Evocative of a ship hull, the enormous … Continue reading →

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Why Some People Say SHTRONG! (the CHRUTH)

Native speakers! Please take my pronunciation survey https://www.englishspeechservices.com… THANK YOU! A discussion of why English speakers in various countries pronounce ‘sh’ at the start of words like ‘street’ and ‘strong’. MRI videos from University of Glasgow: https://www.seeingspeech.arts.gla.ac…. Josh at English … Continue reading →

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The 2nd Quantum Revolution — Nobel Prize in Physics 2022

[…] Today I speculate about the Nobel Prize in Physics, and explain why I think it’s overdue to go to Aspect, Clauser, and Zeilinger. The probably coolest thing to have come out of their work is quantum teleportation. At 10 … Continue reading →

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Some of the STRANGEST / UNIQUE diasporas around the world

[…] Welcome to Geography Now! This is the first and only Youtube Channel that actively attempts to cover profiles on every single country of the world. We are going to do them alphabetically so be patient if you are waiting … Continue reading →

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Grenville Wardķ (@nutzv) • Instagram reel

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Strange Ripple Structures Found at the Edge of the Solar System

[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about new discoveries about the shape of the heliosphere and strange new discoveries from the edge of the solar system Links: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4155… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliosp… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interst… http://ibex.swri.edu/ … Continue reading →

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The Archeological Find That Broke History

[…] In the mountains of Turkey lies a series of buried monoliths going back nearly a dozen millennia. It’s an archeological site known as Göbekli Tepe, and it’s changed everything we knew about the rise of human civilizations. […]

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Pythagoras twisted squares: Why did they not teach you any of this in school?

A video on the iconic twisted squares diagram that just about anybody who knows anything about mathematics has been familiar with since primary school. Surprisingly, there is a LOT more to this diagram than even expert mathematicians are aware of. … Continue reading →

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Very cool to show students how borders have changed over time | Lost in History 

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Japan’s Amazing Train Station Like “Spirited Away”: Shimonada, Takamatsu to Yawatahama

We board the limited express train from Takamatsu to Shimonada Station, which is said to be the model for the station in the Ghibli movie “Spirited Away”, a worldwide hit. Trains arrive only once every two to three hours. The … Continue reading →

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Estudio MMX unveils Progreso Museum of Geology on Yucatán Penisula | Dezeen

Ben Dreith | 12 October 2022 Estudio MMX used a grid pattern for the structures of the Progreso Museum of Geology, which is clad in a finish called chukum that dates back to the Mayans. Mexican architecture firm Estudio MMX … Continue reading →

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