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How a Dirty Diaper Killed 500 People and Started an Outbreak
A cholera outbreak devastated London. Where did it start, how did it spread so quickly, and why was a brewery able to avoid the pandemic? Let’s get into it. Sources: [London’s Great Stink] https://www.npr.org/2015/03/12/392332… https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK… https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/… [What is Cholera?] https://www.cdc.gov/cholera/general/i… … Continue reading
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Berry’s Paradox – An Algorithm For Truth
[…] Hi! I’m Jade. If you’d like to consider supporting Up and Atom, head over to my Patreon page 🙂 https://www.patreon.com/upandatom Lose at rock paper scissors http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~kms/schools… Subscribe to Up and Atom for physics, math and computer science videos https://www.youtube.com/c/upandatom … Continue reading
I Was in The Black Eyed Peas. Then I Quit. | ‘Almost Famous’ by Op-Docs
In the mid-1990s, the singer and songwriter Kim Hill met a young rapper who suggested they start making music. That rapper’s name was will.i.am, and his group was a rising Los Angeles underground hip-hop crew called The Black Eyed Peas. … Continue reading
I Changed Astronomy Forever. He Won the Nobel Prize for It. | ‘Almost Famous’ by Op-Docs
Growing up in a Quaker household, Jocelyn Bell Burnell was raised to believe that she had as much right to an education as anyone else. But as a girl in the 1940s in Northern Ireland, her enthusiasm for the sciences … Continue reading
The Truth About The Cuba Protests
We all saw the news coverage of the supposedly massive anti-government protests in Cuba during the week of July 11th, but if you were paying attention, you may have noticed something strange. In this episode, we’ll analyze the protests and … Continue reading
Blood Art | Stuff The British Stole
What if your doorstop was evidence of brutal mass murder and wholesale theft? Source: Blood Art
What do Kente designs mean? – Textiles in Ghana (6/16)
For more like this subscribe to the Open University channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXsH… Free learning from The Open University http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history… — What is Kente,Kumasi,African market,African cloth,kente,selling kente,making kente,textiles,Ghana,open university,ou_a216 (Part 6 of 16) Playlist link http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=… — Study ‘Art and its histories’ … Continue reading
Ten African fabrics you should know
TEN AFRICAN FABRICS. 1. Adire Fabric 2. Shweshwe Fabric 3. Basotho Blanket 4. Ankara fabric/African wax print 5. Aso oke 6. Kente fabric 7. Dashiki print 8. Bogolan fabric 9. Bark Cloth 10. Baoule fabric PHOTO CREDIT Bark cloth … Continue reading
Earth Tilted on Its Side And Then Suddenly Reversed, 84 Million Year Ago
[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the ancient times when Earth apparently changed its spin axis by a large amount for no apparent reason Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4146… […]
Centuries and Still Short Film
“Centuries and Still” is a Staff Pick Premiere! Read more about it, including a Q&A with director Sally Tran, here: vimeo.com/blog/post/centuries-and-still-by-sally-tran still-films.com “Centuries and Still” is a mixed media illustrated short film telling the history of anti-Asian racism and violence … Continue reading
