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Ancient leaves preserved under a mile of Greenland’s ice – and lost in a freezer for years – hold lessons about climate change | The Conversation

This ancient ecosystem showed that the ice sheet had melted to the ground in northern Greenland within the past million years. In 1963, inside a covert U.S. military base in northern Greenland, a team of scientists began drilling down through … Continue reading →

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Sperm whales in 19th century shared ship attack information | The Guardian

Philip Hoare @philipwhale Wed 17 Mar 2021 07.01 GMT   Whalers’ logbooks show rapid drop in strike rate in north Pacific due to changes in cetacean behaviour When facing a human attack, sperm whales abandoned the defensive circles used against … Continue reading →

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The Ridiculous Way We Used To Calculate Pi

For thousands of years, mathematicians were calculating Pi the obvious but numerically inefficient way. Then Newton came along and changed the game. This video is sponsored by Brilliant. The first 314 people to sign up via https://brilliant.org/veritasium​ get 20% off … Continue reading →

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Two Imposing Cubes Covered in Yellow Plastic by Artist Serge Attukwei Clottey Respond to Global Water Insecurity

MARCH 16, 2021 GRACE EBERT “The Wishing Well” (2021) in Coachella Valley. All images © Serge Attukwei Clottey, courtesy of Desert X, by Lance Gerber A mottled patchwork of plastic cloaks two cubes that tower over the desert landscape of … Continue reading →

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What do Aboriginal People Think of Black Africans

Aboriginal Indigenous People in Darwin Tiwi islands get together and discuss their connection to africa #aboriginal​ #indiginous​ #BLM​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jouhzu/​ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Jouhzu/?noti…​ I went to Darwin and to the Tiwi islands and asked the indigenous people from different tribes what they … Continue reading →

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Remembering Octavia Butler: Black Sci-Fi Writer Shares Cautionary Tales In Unearthed 2005 Interview

s Democracy Now! marks 25 years on the air, we are revisiting some of the best and most impactful moments from the program’s history, including one of the last television interviews given by the visionary Black science-fiction writer Octavia Butler. … Continue reading →

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Face To Face | Carl Gustav Jung (1959) HQ

Professor Jung is interviewed at his home in Switzerland by John Freeman. Theme music: excerpt from Les Francs-Juges by Berlioz, 1825. A lecture on Freud by Theodore Dalrymple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm8O4…​ An earlier American interview with Jung: https://www.bitchute.com/video/zGqwOB…​

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Why Don’t We Have Metric Time? | Answers With Joe

The metric system revolutionized the world and simplified how we measure things. But one part of our lives never quite got the metric treatment – time. The reason why highlights the importance of time on our lives.

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Did You Know: LEGO Started Because Of A Fire? – DesignTAXI.com

LEGO’s painful past serves as an inspiring tale for businesses spanning eras, most certainly those struck by the pandemic.   Its ability to be knocked over to create something entirely new provides a lesson no matter the period. Today, it … Continue reading →

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MGM Studios Unveils Majestic Logo Revamp, With Leo The Lion Now In CGI – DesignTAXI.com

By Mikelle Leow, 09 Mar 2021 MGM Studios presents a polished new look “worth its weight in gold.” The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios logo has been a thing of fascination for about a century, helped by the majestic yet fearsome beasts … Continue reading →

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Philosopher Queens: Discovering forgotten female thinkers

Plato, Aristotle and Socrates are just a few well-known ancient philosophers. But what about their female counterparts? What about the woman who taught Socrates? Or the sage said to be behind Plato’s theory on love? Their names are often lacking … Continue reading →

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Bette Davis on The Sexes

“I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman.” – Bette Davis in 1963 Interview by Shirley Eder Get the backstory, GIFs and more @ http://blankonblank.org/interviews/be…​%5B…%5D

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