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The REAL reason employees aren’t returning to work in America.

Many people have their ideas about why workers aren’t going back to work. The reality is that most employers used to sell the implication that what they were offering was a steady paycheck. 2020 made it clear that is NOT … Continue reading

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Mother Trees and the Social Forest | Suzanne Simard (Talk + Q&A)

Forest Ecologist Suzanne Simard reveals that trees are part of a complex, interdependent circle of life; that forests are social, cooperative creatures connected through underground mycorrhizal networks by which trees communicate their vitality and vulnerabilities, and share and exchange resources … Continue reading

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Cllr Aydin Dikerdem Talks About Nine Elms’ “Sky Pool” and Inequality

The ‘Sky Pool’ in Nine Elms is architecture designed to go viral – but it’s also a symbol of the inequality in London, says Battersea Labour Councillor Aydin Dikerdem in this interview with Eleanor Shearwood of Riverside Radio

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Germán Santillán: A taste of Mexico’s ancient chocolate-making tradition | TED

[…] Dating back more than 800 years, chocolate is deeply woven into the Indigenous history of Oaxaca, Mexico. TED Fellow Germán Santillán talks about his work reviving the Mixtec technique used to prepare this ancient delicacy by training a new … Continue reading

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Has Henrik Stiesdal nailed yet another market disruptor?

Gridscale is a long duration energy storage solution developed by Stiesdal Storage Technologies in Denmark. The company founder, Henirk Stiesdal invented the modern wind turbine and has decades of experience in the industry. This new modular storage system sits alongside … Continue reading

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Europe faces energy crisis as power shortages lead to soaring prices | DW News

Europe is teetering on the edge of a full-blown energy crisis as prices skyrocket across the continent. Governments from Spain to Greece are stepping in to curtail prices, fearing that the growing burden on households will threaten the broader economic … Continue reading

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Guerrilla Grazing and Ingenious Off-Grid Living | Kottke

In this engaging video we meet Aaron Fletcher, a traveling shepherd who has been “guerrilla grazing” and living off the land for 12 years. He lets his sheep graze — with permission — public parks and side lots. Homeless by … Continue reading

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The BBC Refused To Show This Brexit Disaster

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Woah! This Experiment May Have Found a Dark Energy Particle

[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about an incredible discovery of what might be the first proof of dark energy particles coming from the sun. Links: http://www.xenon1t.org/ https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0410103 https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XENON#X… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamele… … Continue reading

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Potential Next Vaccines Don’t Require Needles Or Fridges To Be Effective – DesignTAXI.com

By Ell Ko, 16 Sep 2021 Vaccines are being investigated more today than before thanks to the widespread rollout of COVID-19 doses across the globe. As crucial as they are, vaccines aren’t the most logistics-friendly piece of medical equipment. Most … Continue reading

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