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Mapping the ‘superhighways’ travelled by the first Australians
Superhighways’ used by a population of up to 6.5 million Indigenous Australians to navigate the continent tens of thousands of years ago have been revealed by new research using sophisticated modelling of past people and landscapes. The new insights into … Continue reading
Marie Tharp: Uncovering the Secrets of the Ocean Floor – with Helen Czerski
Continental drift is common knowledge now, but when the idea was first proposed it was revolutionary. Helen Czerski tells the story of how the maps of one of history’s finest cartographers shifted our view of the planet. Subscribe for new … Continue reading
Is the Proxima System Our Best Hope For Another Earth?
[…] At just four light years away, Proxima Centauri is our closest solar neighbor. The recent discovery of the new exoplanet Proxima D, has reopened the discussion of whether the proxima system is our best chance at reaching another Earth. … Continue reading
Why 1/3rd of France is Almost Empty
[…] Select videos courtesy of Getty Images Select videos courtesy of the AP Archive Special thanks to MapTiler / OpenStreetMap Contributors and GEOlayers 3
NASA’s Original Post-Apollo Plans Were INSANE | Answers With Joe
[…] In 1969, President Nixon created a commission to set the course for NASA’s Post-Apollo years. What they came up with was a bold, ambitious vision of the future. One with multiple space stations, moon bases, regular travel to and … Continue reading
How the Dorze in Ethiopia make ‘beehive’ houses from bamboo that last a lifetime | Aeon Videos
On the Nomadic Architecture YouTube channel, the UK architect Gordon Clarke chronicles how people across the globe use ancient traditions and local resources to construct sustainable houses that suit their needs. In this instalment, he captures the Dorze people of … Continue reading
HISTORY OF | Spring Equinox
The Spring Equinox marks the first day of Spring for our side of the world, and also marks the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator – the imaginary line in the sky above the Earth’s equator. […]
La faute de l’orthographe | Arnaud Hoedt Jérôme Piron | TEDxRennes
Nous avons été prof de français. Sommés de nous offusquer des fautes d’orthographe, nous avons été pris pour les curés de la langue. Nous avons écrit pour dédramatiser, pour réfléchir ensemble et puis aussi parce qu’on a toujours pensé que … Continue reading
What If Charge is NOT Fundamental?
[…] If you’ve studied any physics you know that like charges repel and opposite charges attract. But why? It’s as though this thing – electric charge – is as fundamental a property of an object as its mass. It just … Continue reading
How does an ancient Greek cup challenge anti-Black racism? | Aeon Essays
A shard of pottery from a North Ionian amphora, 560-540 BCE. Courtesy the Trustees of the British Museum, London In their memo ‘On the Abolition of the English Department’ from 1968, the lecturers Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (then known as James … Continue reading
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