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This 1,100-Year-Old Beer’s For You: Recreating Ancient Ales
For University of Colorado classics professor Travis Rupp, the best way to bring ancient civilizations back to life is in a pint glass. Rupp works on a special projects team at Avery Brewing Company to brew beers the way that … Continue reading
Pleasant Vices episode 1 I Aphrodisiacs
[from the description] When we think of aphrodisiacs we may think of luxury foods, like oysters and champagne, however as we find out in this video, these are not the most intriguing of historical aphrodisiacs. Join Food Historian Tasha Marks … Continue reading
Comme un Elephant dans un magasin de Porcelaine – ESMA 2017
Quelle est la pire chose qui puisse arriver dans un magasin de porcelaine ? What is the worst thing that could happen in a china shop? Réalisateurs / Directors : Louise Chevrier, Luka Fischer, Rodolphe Groshens, Marie Guillon, Estelle Martinez, … Continue reading
Whale earwax reveals 146 years of humanity’s impact
Thanks to museum curators, there’s no shortage of the stuff. It’s just been discovered that whale earwax contains a record of a whale’s sub-lethal stressors. It’s generally agreed that cortisol is a reliable indicator of a mammal’s response to stress. … Continue reading
ΔNOMΔLY
»Human use, population, and technology have reached that certain stage where Mother Earth no longer accepts our presence with silence.« (The Dalai Lama) ΔNOMΔLY is a short film combining travel footage from Iceland with visual effects. I traveled to the … Continue reading
Why Parmesan Cheese Is So Expensive
A wheel of parmesan cheese can cost over $1,000. A single wheel takes at least one year to age, 131 gallons of milk to make, and it can only be made in a restricted area in northern Italy, in the … Continue reading
Researchers just found termite mounds the size of the UK in Brazil — Quartz
Researchers have recently uncovered evidence of a 4,000-year-old construction site in northeastern Brazil. Stretching over an area the size of Britain is a cluster of 200 million mounds, some as high as 10 feet tall, that were painstakingly raised over … Continue reading
Why some people are more altruistic than others
Why do some people do selfless things, helping other people even at risk to their own well-being? Psychology researcher Abigail Marsh studies the motivations of people who do extremely altruistic acts, like donating a kidney to a complete stranger. Are … Continue reading
La Boîte – ESMA 2017
Un vieux monsieur va s’attacher à la souris dont il voulait se débarrasser. An old man ends up taming the mouse he wanted to get rid of. Réalisateurs / Directors : Eliott Belrose, Carole Favier, Loïcia Lagillier, Aloïs Mathé, Juliette … Continue reading
I Live Alone in an Island Paradise
In 1989, Mauro Morandi’s boat docked on Budelli Island off the northern coast of Sardinia, Italy. Discovering that the island’s caretaker was retiring within the next two days, Mauro decided to extend his stay indefinitely and step into the role … Continue reading
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