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BBC Radio 4 – The Food Programme, Food and the legacy of slavery
Jaega Wise and Dan Saladino investigate the hidden story of slavery in our food. Between the 17th century and into the 19th, twelve million enslaved Africans were transported to the Caribbean and into the rest of the Americas. Their work … Continue reading
Cook Historic Mexican Recipes With These Newly Digitized Cookbooks | My Modern Met
UTSA librarians and architects adapted this cover image for “Postres” from a 1960s cookbook in the collection. (Photo: Postres, UTSA Libraries Special Collections.) The University of Texas at San Antonio is currently working to bring diverse perspectives on Mexican cuisine together … Continue reading
What’s A Kokorico? (An Instrument From Japan)
Music Museum Online Discover a unique musical instrument from Japan – the kokorico or binzasara. Find out about the background of this unusual instrument and check out how it can be played. It’s a great addition to any music class, … Continue reading
Real Women – Beauty Through The Decades The Realistic Way
To be frank, it was supposed to be just another “Beauty Through The Decades” video. I saw lots of them already, but they all have seemed to show beauty standards in a very stereotypical and pop-culture way, so I wanted … Continue reading
How caffeine changed the world – ScienceBlog.com
It is the world’s most-used drug, one many of us simply refuse to live without, opting for addiction over the loss of that first, or second, or in some cases third cup that gets us through the day. And now its … Continue reading
Fredie Blom, survivor of two world wars and apartheid, dies aged 116
Fredie Blom, the 116-year-old Capetonian thought to be one of the oldest living people in the world, died at his home in Delft on Saturday. Blom had celebrated his birthday on May 22 amid the national lockdown. Fredie Blom, … Continue reading
When Women Crowdfunded Radium For Marie Curie
The element was hard to get and extremely expensive but essential for Curie’s cancer research Curie, who lived in France for much of her life, had done an interview with an American reporter named Marie Meloney the year before. In … Continue reading
Uncertain times | Aeon
The pandemic is an unprecedented opportunity – seeing human society as a complex system opens a better future for us all Jessica Flack is a professor at the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico and director of the Collective … Continue reading
Meet the Voice Behind ‘It’s-a Me, Mario!’
Mario, Wario, Luigi and some Donkey Kong characters from the Nintendo video games are all voiced by actor Charles Martinet. Source: Meet the Voice Behind ‘It’s-a Me, Mario!’
Horse eyeballs and bone hammers: surprising lives of the Neanderthals
Josie Glausiusz Rebecca Wragg Sykes’s book paints a vivid portrait of our adaptable ancient relatives. Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art Rebecca Wragg SykesBloomsbury Sigma (2020) A quarter of the way through Kindred, I was longing to meet a … Continue reading
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