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How Monsanto created a food empire
Is the Monsanto company responsible for industrial-chemical agriculture? Be one of the first 200 people to sign up with this link and get 20% off your subscription with Brilliant.org! https://brilliant.org/OCC In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look … Continue reading
FACT CHECK: Bicycle Tree | Snopes
A photograph is said to show a tree that grew around a bicycle left behind by a boy who went off to war. Origin The “tree that ate a bicycle” on Washington’s Vashon Island has been a popular destination for … Continue reading
Love the Fig
By Ben Crair There are more than seven hundred species of fig, and each one has its own species of wasp. When you eat a dried fig, you’re probably chewing wasp mummies, too.Illustration by Rui Tenreiro Although many people … Continue reading
A remarkable echo effect discovered
If the spins of phosphorus atoms in silicon are cleverly excited with microwave pulses, a so-called spin echo signal can be detected after a certain time. Surprisingly, this spin echo does not occur only once, but a whole series of … Continue reading
The Comanche and the Horse | Native America | Sacred Stories | PBS
Today the image of Indians on horseback is iconic. But Native Americans never set eyes on a horse before the 15th century when Europeans bring them to America as a weapon of conquest. The Comanche and other native peoples adapt … Continue reading
Kirie Artist Carves Playful Narratives Into Tree Leaves | Spoon & Tamago
“Aquarium of Leaves” A 34-year old artist who goes by the name Lito has been living with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) his entire life. Lito had been searching for an outlet where he could channel his above-normal levels of … Continue reading
We Have No Garbage Day in Amsterdam!
With the underground containers found in most neighbourhoods in Amsterdam, “garbage day” is a thing of the past. And good riddance! This video talks about some of the benefits of these containers, and how I don’t miss garbage day … … Continue reading
The Quantum Theory That Might Make You Immortal | Answers With Joe
Quantum physics is dominated by the idea that quantum objects remain in superposition until thy are measured, which causes its wave function to collapse. But there is another interpretation of quantum mechanics, one with mind-blowing implications about the universe and … Continue reading
Welwitschia mirabilis
This is an excerpt taken from the documentary film, Namib: Surviving the Sand Sea. This clip explores the bizarre and unique Welwitchia mirabilis plant, endemic to the Namib Desert of Namibia and Angola. Film by Oliver Halsey – http://www.oliverhalsey.net
How the brain creates the experience of time — study
Researchers get closer to pinning down the neural basis of time, explaining why time flies and crawls in response to various events. TIME, THAT FRUSTRATINGLY FINITE RESOURCE AND RULING CONSTRUCT OF OUR LIVES, STILL CONFUSES NEUROSCIENTISTS. What’s especially puzzling is … Continue reading
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