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How Caffeine Addiction Changed History (ft. Michael Pollan) | WIRED
90% of the world’s adults consume some form of caffeine everyday, making it the most widely used psychoactive drug on Earth. Michael Pollan, author of “This Is Your Mind On Plants,” explains why. Michael goes into the history of coffee … Continue reading
Rio Carnival Float Graveyard
Day 2 in Rio was spent exploring around the cruise ship terminal. We stumbled upon a party in the streets where all the Carnaval floats from the parade the night before were parked. Such a fun day! Everything was filmed … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, Carnival, construction, infrastructure, Life, Urban
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Ganluyan temple • 1146 AD | Pinterest
Jun 29, 2021 – This Pin was created by Mari on Pinterest. Ganluyan temple • 1146 AD.. Source: Ganluyan temple • 1146 AD | Pinterest
Is There Any Real Prawn in Prawn Crackers? | Food Unwrapped
Jimmy is puzzled by the humble prawn cracker… how does it get into that texture and is there actually any prawn inside or is it all flavouring? He’s on an epic journey to find out. Food Unwrapped Season 6 Episode … Continue reading
New York City, N.Y. | New York Times
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Tagged comparison, Environment, infrastructure, Life, North America, photography, Urban
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Rethinking Climate Change. The path to a 90% emissions reduction by 2035.
The climate emergency requires climate solutions. And fast! There are lots of different proposals floating around – some of which don’t even exist yet, and probably never will. So, it’s easy to get confused about which direction is best. Now … Continue reading
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Tagged construction, Environment, infrastructure, Technology
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World’s OLDEST Homework
[…] Sources: A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical Texts, Jöran Friberg, Springer (2007): https://www.ams.org/notices/200809/tx… A great introduction to the number system and tablets by Insights into Mathematics (authors of relevant papers mentioned in this video): https://youtu.be/J5Ug3Cr8RUE Australian mathematician discovers applied … Continue reading
What is Russia ashamed of? | Perm 36 GULAG prison camp
Lately Russian propaganda has been justifying the GULAG camps. On May 26, 2021 the largest news agency RIA Novosti published an article explaining that Stalin’s labor camps were not so terrible anymore, but on the contrary, Stalin’s camps were useful … Continue reading
Why We Should Be Talking About Energy Storage
To reach our global goal of being net zero carbon emissions by 2050, we must solve one problem – energy storage. Thank you to Toyota for lending us the #Mirai and for sponsoring this series. Scientists, researchers, and engineers are … Continue reading
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