Tag Archives: Life

Learning To Fly, a StoryCorps animation with birder Drew Lanham | The Kid Should See This

“I’ve always wanted to fly, explains J. Drew Lanham in this Audubon Magazine interview from 2015. “I spent my earliest years climbing, leaping, running, and flapping my arms in vain attempts to become an airborne being. I made wings out … Continue reading →

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Intelligence Without Brains

How much brain do you need to be smart? Bees and ants perform marvels as colonies, though each insect has barely any brain. And plants—with no brain at all—exhibit behaviors that, by any definition, count as intelligent. Brace yourself for … Continue reading →

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Leanne Shapton explores Joni Mitchell’s larder | WePresent

Did you know Joni Mitchell’s lyrics are filled with references to food? In the latest in our Literally series, Leanne Shapton illustrates Joni’s larder   Early pandemic, March. Restaurants were closed, takeout was confusing, and the aisles of my corner … Continue reading →

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Dosing error turns into lucky punch for AstraZeneca and Oxford | Reuters

A stroke of good fortune from a dosing error will pave the way for AstraZeneca and Oxford University to submit their COVID-19 vaccine for regulatory clearance. The British drugmaker said on Monday that the vaccine could be around 90% effective, … Continue reading →

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Sci-Fi Short Film: “Sunshine Room” | DUST

Cutting-edge technology allows a young woman to grow up alongside her beloved Abuela. But on the verge of leaving for college, her financial realities threaten to erase their relationship – for good. Sunshine Room by Nick Lopez

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Adorable Baby Elephant Gets Caught Eating Sugarcane, Tries To Hide Behind A Narrow Light Pole | Bored Panda

Around 2,000 elephants are living in the wild in Thailand, and one of them made headlines this week. A baby elephant was captured on camera in Chiang Mai, north Thailand, committing the cheekiest crime ever—the playful elephant was apparently feasting … Continue reading →

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ALIMA – AFRI-CAN

CLIENT : ALIMA AGENCY : SOCIALCLUB socialclub.paris/ DIRECTOR : THEO GOTTLIEB theogottlieb.com/ PRODUCTION : BIRTH birth.tv/ MUSIC : JONATHAN FITAS jonathanfitas.com/ ANIMATION : Gabriel Chagas & Daniel Bruson ANIMATION COMPOSITING – Daniel Bruson ANIMATION DIRECTION : Daniel Bruson vimeo.com/danielbruson

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The Day I Discovered My Ancestor was a Slave Owner – Byline Times

William Tryon Stephen Colegrave uncovers a family secret and realises how easy it is to whitewash our slavery roots. My family is proud of its history. As a child, my two maiden great aunts mixed up the centuries as they … Continue reading →

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A Star Trek actor tries to one-up his co-star in his return to Hollywood. | Brentwood

Brent Spiner made his name as iconic android Data on “Star Trek,” but he’s retreated from public life in Hollywood. He’s been teaching acting at Cal State Fullerton, but when he’s up for an award for his work on the … Continue reading →

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Lewis Hamilton: the man from Stevenage who became the moral compass of F1 | Guardian

Equalling Michael Schumacher’s seven titles will underline that the British driver is perhaps his sport’s last great champion – but his world is a bigger place than the paddock by Richard Williams Colour has always mattered in Formula One. Bugattis … Continue reading →

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