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Why This Zig-Zag Coast Guard Search Pattern is Actually Genius – Smarter Every Day 268

Thanks to the Coast Guard for letting me tag along! Sign up for Brilliant for free at https://brilliant.org/smartereveryday & also, get 20% off your annual premium membership. Coast Guard Deep Dive Series: Click here if you’re interested in subscribing: http://bit.ly/Subscribe2SEDContinue reading

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The Most Insane Interstellar Cover on Public Piano

Amazing piano cover of Interstellar theme by Hans Zimmer is played by Ella on Sir Elton John’s Piano in St. Pancras International Station. Instagram: Ellastrazz Arrangement: Patrik Pietschmann #interstellar #PatrikPietschmann #hanszimmer She is a self taught pianist who plays piano … Continue reading

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How the Web went global after arriving in Silicon Valley from CERN – Physics World

In this podcast we talk about how physicists and entrepreneurs changed the world 20 Jan 2022 Hamish Johnston Everyone knows that the World Wide Web was invented at CERN in Switzerland, but the technology really began to take off when … Continue reading

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Why China is Building Africa’s Railways

Africa is in the midst of a railway renaissance, and it’s being built in large part by China. For more by The B1M subscribe now – http://ow.ly/GxW7y Full story here – https://theb1m.com/video/why-china-is… Executive Producer and Narrator – Fred Mills Producer … Continue reading

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Why Russia is Building an Arctic Silk Road

Russia’s Arctic construction boom is seriously warming up. For more by The B1M subscribe now – https://bit.ly/the-b1m Full story here – https://theb1m.com/video/russia-north… Executive Producer and Narrator – Fred Mills Producer – Tim Gibson Video Editing and Graphics – James Durkin … Continue reading

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How Does the Power Grid Work?

The modern world depends on electricity. It’s a crucial resource, especially in urban areas, but electricity can’t be created, stored, and provided at a later time. The instant it’s produced, it’s used no matter how far apart the producer is … Continue reading

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An energy revolution is possible – but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it | The Conversation

Providing government subsidies for emerging clean technologies could unlock their transformative potential. Limiting climate change will require an unprecedented global movement to make low-carbon technologies the norm. COP26 – the UN climate conference held last November in Glasgow – showed … Continue reading

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Bold Proposal to Make Central Berlin a Mostly Car-Free Zone | Kottke

has put forward a proposal to turn all of central Berlin (an area larger than Manhattan) into a car-free zone. What would that mean in practice? Adele Peters at Fast Company explains: As in other cities, “car free” doesn’t literally … Continue reading

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The internet of everything – Our relationship with the internet| DW Documentary

Is humanity destined for a futuristic utopia? Or are we heading blindly towards life in a nightmarish surveillance state? Both scenarios still seem possible as increased digitalization is turning us into a fully networked society. The Internet is in the … Continue reading

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The people and problems you’ll encounter on Market Street… part 2! | the_manc

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