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22 Jun 2026 What is the relationship between truth, time, and reality? Journalist Sam Leith speaks with philosopher and author Victoria Trumbull about the ideas of french philosopher Henri Bergson and his challenge to conventional ways of understanding truth and … Continue reading →

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How we know this year’s El Niño is going to be big | If You’re Listening

16 Oct 2026 #IfYoureListening #ABCNews Toxic smoke haze is blanketing Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines, after weeks of fires in Indonesia. In central Chile, flash flooding has trapped people on their roofs, and already Australia’s spring is unusually hot and … Continue reading →

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We Learned Biology By Cutting Up Poor People: The London History Show

30 Jan 2026 Try Nebula for free here: https://go.nebula.tv/jdraper Order my book “Mavericks”: https://watkinspublishinglinks.com/ma… ISBN: 9781786788986 Published by @Watkinspublishing1893 @watkinsbooks You can support the channel on Patreon here: http://www.patreon.com/jdraperlondon You can book me for real-life tours! Find out about that … Continue reading →

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Japan made this ruler illegal, and people used it anyway

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This Star is About to Explode – Sixty Symbols

13 Oct 2026 Dr Meghan Gray discusses the imminent explosion of T Coronae Borealis (the star also known as Blaze). Extra footage from this interview: • Blaze is Gonna Blow (extra footage) – Sixt… More links and info below ↓ … Continue reading →

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What Really Happened in the Race for the Bomb

13 Sept 2026 Use my link for 50% off a full year of Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/thevintagespace My Nebula page for early access and extended cuts: https://nebula.tv/thevintagespace My new book about the atomic bomb program — not sharing any specifics yet — … Continue reading →

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Physicists Found a Geometry That Knows How Particles Collide #migoroedu #sciencehistory

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The Supermountains That Dwarfed The Himalayas

12 Oct 2026 See my new documentary feature Oldest and Newest Places On Earth on Nebula! Sign up at http://www.nebula.tv/joescott and get 50% off your annual subscription. The Himalayas are by far the largest and tallest mountain range on Earth. … Continue reading →

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The UK Is Hiding Something Nobody Talks About

11 Oct 2026 #UnitedKingdom #Geography #UnderTheAtlas The UK Is Hiding Something Nobody Talks About On the coast of Yorkshire there’s a road that runs to the cliff edge and stops in mid-air. Forty kilometres out in the North Sea, a … Continue reading →

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Why is London covered in one specific species of tree? 🌳

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Technisches Verwaltungsgebäude (Behrensbau), Frankfurt-Höchst, Germany designed by Peter Behrens, built 1920-1924

Technisches Verwaltungsgebäude (Behrensbau), Frankfurt-Höchst, Germany designed by Peter Behrens, built 1920-1924 byu/n3xus1oN inbrick_expressionism

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Physicist Wins Nobel Prize For Detecting Ghost Particles

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