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Why Is Pork Forbidden?

[…] Credits: Executive Producers: Daniel Cuevas, Maritza Co-Writers: Bailey Benson and Andrew Henry Editor: Mark Henry Bibliography Hesse, B. and Wapnish, P. 1997. Can Pig Remains Be Used for Ethnic Diagnosis in the Ancient Near East? In The Archaeology of … Continue reading →

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The politics of DNA and the story of eugenics with Adam Rutherford | The Royal Society

All science is political. Join us for the Royal Society David Attenborough Award Lecture 2021 given by Dr Adam Rutherford. #AdamRutherford #Genetics #DNA #Eugenics #Race #Racism #Politics Watch the previous David Attenborough lecture, delivered by Professor Alice Roberts ▶ https://youtu.be/9YLXTtH0Y1k … Continue reading →

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Eleanor Morton (@eleanormortoncomedy) • Instagram video

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These 15 libraries are some of the most spectacular in the world | Insider

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Discover Earth (@discoverearth) • Instagram photos and videos

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Charles III: what challenges face the new king?

or King Charles, leading the Royal Family into the future brings all sorts of challenges, from uniting often fractious family members to moving beyond the political controversies he’s become known for. For a man who’s already spent decades in the … Continue reading →

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Queen Elizabeth II dies aged 96

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, has died, Buckingham Palace has announced. She became Queen in 1952 at the age of 25 and spent 70 years on the throne. She had pledged to serve her people, which … Continue reading →

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Peter Singer charts the path from Hegelian philosophy to Marxist revolution | Aeon Videos

How Hegel’s ‘notoriously obscure’ philosophy of history revolutionised the world via Marx, as explained by Peter Singer Known for his dense and abstract writings, G W F Hegel (1770-1831) was one of the most influential philosophers of the 19th century. … Continue reading →

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Something Happens to Earth Every 200 Million Years As It Travels Thru The Galactic Arms

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Tuning of Gamelan and Sensory Dissonance

n this video I focus on unique tuning systems Slendro and Pelog used in Gamelan music. I go through how they are different from chromatic scale and how they naturally emerge from timbre of Gamelan metallophones, similar to how chromatic … Continue reading →

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The Mathematical Problem with Music, and How to Solve It | #SoME2

There is a serious mathematical problem with the tuning of certain musical instruments, a problem that even luminaries such as Galileo, Newton, and Euler tried to solve. This video is about this problem and about some of the ways to … Continue reading →

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WW2 ‘Brown Babies’: A little-known part of British 20th Century history – BBC World Service podcast

“I just wanted to be accepted for who I was”: The story of the children born from relationships between British women and African-American soldiers during World War Two. Subscribe – https://www.youtube.com/bbcworldservice The US first began sending troops to the UK … Continue reading →

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