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Bolivia’s Potatoes Are Vanishing | OZY
Bolivia’s Aymara people have for centuries depended on a potato-based product called the chuño as a staple. Now, the chuño’s days might be numbered. For centuries, Humberto Limachi’s ancestors have cultivated potatoes and turned them into a freeze-dried product … Continue reading
How the compass unlocked the world | Small Thing Big Idea, a TED series
“Everything that we think of as world history would not have taken place without the compass.” Science curator David Biello explains how the device changed our relationship to the world.
4 Plants That Are Great for Humans
A quarter of all prescription drugs in the U.S. come from substances that are found only in plants. In this episode of SciShow, we take a look at four of these talented plants who make our lives better.
If we want to contain the fires of the future, we should look to the past – The Big Smoke
For thousands of years, the indigenous method of fire management ruled. But white settlement almost extinguished the practice, it is back with a new intensity. I don’t know about you, but I am so, so tired. Not of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Australia, Culture, Environment, history, Life, nature
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Research finds slave trade’s effect on firm ownership persists today – ScienceBlog.com
The effects of the African slave trade persist today among businesses in parts of the continent, with companies more often tightly controlled by individuals or families — often because they have limited access to equity funding and shared ownership. Meanwhile, businesses … Continue reading
Human body temperature has decreased in the United States, Stanford study finds – ScienceBlog.com
Since the early 19th century, the average human body temperature in the United States has dropped, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford. Since the early 19th century, the average human body temperature in the United States … Continue reading
The Art of Forgetting, Australians and their History | David Hunt | TEDxSydney
David Hunt is an historian, writer and satirist. David’s first book, Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia won the 2014 Indie Award for Non-Fiction and was shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards and New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards. … Continue reading
The myth of Aboriginal stories being myths | Jacinta Koolmatrie | TEDxAdelaide
For more than 50,000 years there were over 200 different groups of people living on the landmass now referred to as Australia. All of these groups formed a strong understanding of the land. This knowledge was passed down through thousands … Continue reading
How the Brazilian carnival’s band Olodum became a massive social movement — The Urban Detective
The biggest carnival in the world takes place in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. During a massive street party of six days, dozens of bands on big trucks named carnival bloco’s parade through the streets. Every year, more than two million people … Continue reading
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A brief history of alcohol – Rod Phillips
Trace the 7,000 year old history of alcohol, from its first known origins in China to cultures all over the world fermenting their own drinks. — Nobody knows exactly when humans began to create fermented beverages. The earliest known evidence … Continue reading
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