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On the Shoulders of Giants: Steven Weinberg and the Quest to Explain the World
Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg was one of the world’s foremost theoretical physicists and a passionate advocate for science. Among his many influential contributions is the co-discovery of the electroweak theory that unifies electromagnetism and the weak nuclear force, a central … Continue reading
Imagination, razor blades and ganja: How Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry changed the sound of popular music | Los Angeles Times
BY RANDALL ROBERTSSTAFF WRITER AUG. 30, 2021 1:24 PM PT Lee “Scratch” Perry performing in 2013.(Tim Goode / PA Wire / Press Association Images) Lee “Scratch” Perry, who produced landmark recordings for Bob Marley and helped invent dub music at his … Continue reading
Dating is Shit
In a world of apps, dick pics and commitment issues, dating can be tiring and can start to take a toll on a person, this animation is a grim view of how it can be. This film was rotoscoped and … Continue reading
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
This is your brain on air pollution | María Neira
[…] Air pollution knows no borders — even in your own body, says public health expert María Neira. In this startling talk, she describes how the microscopic particles and chemicals you breathe affect all your major organs (including your brain) … 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
