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How Supermarkets Rewired The Planet

Learn more about Human Footprint: https://www.pbs.org/show/human-footprint The supermarket is one of the strangest and most powerful inventions in human history. Grocery shopping is often perceived as a simple, mundane activity. And for many, access to food has never been more … Continue reading →

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Window view from the train

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Making an old-school wooden barrel

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Why Uranium Enrichment is a Big Deal

Why is enriching uranium such a big deal? Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down uranium at an atomic level, its isotopes, and the science of how it gets enriched for uses in nuclear power plants, nuclear-propelled submarines, and for making atomic … Continue reading →

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Hulme Arch, this morning

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This photographer has spent over 9 years documenting solitary vending machines across Japan.

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Chengdu World Games opening ceremony fireworks

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Game Theory of Power-to-the-Powerful

This video explains game theory of power-to-the-powerful. It looks at questions such as: What does it mean to “have power”? What is game theory? How do competition and cooperation coincide? What can we do about power-to-the-powerful? Image credit for John … Continue reading →

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Randy Fair | wire lamp post sculpture

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What is wrong with these West London houses? 🧐

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Javan | In the streets of Adelaide, light, shadow, and reflection create a visual masterpiece.

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Gautrain: Africa’s First High-Speed Rail System

The Gautrain rail project was one of the biggest construction jobs in the southern hemisphere in recent years – a hugely ambitious scheme that has put South Africa among leading nations with a state of the art high-speed rail transport … Continue reading →

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