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Whale earwax reveals 146 years of humanity’s impact

Thanks to museum curators, there’s no shortage of the stuff. It’s just been discovered that whale earwax contains a record of a whale’s sub-lethal stressors. It’s generally agreed that cortisol is a reliable indicator of a mammal’s response to stress. … Continue reading

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The breathtaking courage of Harriet Tubman

“Escaping slavery; risking everything to save her family; leading a military raid; championing the cause of women’s suffrage; these are just a handful of the accomplishments of one of America’s most courageous heroes.” An animation I directed and animated in … Continue reading

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TALES FROM A TOWN CALLED BLACKBURN

BLACKBURN: Through memories and reflections, the stories associated with three abandoned buildings and their modern counterparts are used to look at what unites and divides the people of this industrial northern town. From Brexit to race, industry to ageing, sometimes … Continue reading

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Why Parmesan Cheese Is So Expensive

A wheel of parmesan cheese can cost over $1,000. A single wheel takes at least one year to age, 131 gallons of milk to make, and it can only be made in a restricted area in northern Italy, in the … Continue reading

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Why You MUST Try Native American Cuisine | AJ+

Native American cuisine is America’s original food, dating back some 10,000 years. So why don’t we see Native restaurants on every street corner in the U.S.? Yara went on a road trip through the American Southwest to find out.

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How to make a chocolate bar with a twist I Pleasant Vices Recipe

The British Museum Published on 21 May 2018 Tasha and Paul follow on from their hot chocolate adventure to show us how to temper chocolate into an amazing chocolate bar. The mould for this chocolate bar is a scaled down … Continue reading

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The Italian Street Artist Using Cheese Paintings To Fight Neo-Fascism (HBO)

This year, Italy has seen a resurgence in neo-fascism and far-right ideology. But one street artist is fighting back — with giant paintings of pumpkin tortellini and parmesan cheese. For the past 10 years, Pier Paolo Spinazzè, known as “CIBO,” … Continue reading

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Mexican Guardians Haunt Familial Portraits by Photographer Diego Moreno

Photographer Diego Moreno incorporates ancestral imagery with a familiar contemporary universe in his series “In My Mind There is Never Silence.” The artist shares with Colossal that the characters that populate the series draw from his personal family history along with pre-Hispanic … Continue reading

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Crash Course History of Science Preview

[from the description] “CrashCourse Published on 19 Mar 2018 For as long as Hank has hosted Crash Course, he’s wanted to host a series about the history of science. We’ve been asking big questions for a really long time and … Continue reading

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How humans made corn.

Corn or Maize is a staple food in many parts of the world, with total production surpassing that of wheat or rice. But it wasn’t always the high yield crop it is today. Ten thousand years ago a grass called … Continue reading

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