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6 Strange Units of Measurement We Still Use

There are strange units of measurement that we still use everyday—but what are they, and why? Join Olivia Gordon and learn about the weird units you use every time you put on your shoes or read about dark matter! Let’s … Continue reading

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The Strange Cosmic Origin of Earth’s Most Precious Metals

[…] Precious metals like gold, silver, platinum, and rhodium are expensive because they’re rare in Earth’s crust. But are they rare in the universe? Why is it so hard to make some of the chemical elements? Where do heavy metals … Continue reading

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The Musical Fruit – Nutrition Tier Lists: Beans

While come may see them as just calories in a can, beans are one of the most foundational foods on Earth, with some cultures having records of harvested them for the tens of thousands of years. Beans are a deceptively … Continue reading

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Juice one step closer to launch

After many years of study, development, building and testing, ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, has finally arrived at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. At the end of 2022 the spacecraft underwent its final thermal vacuum test at an … Continue reading

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What Could THOUSANDS of Mysterious Whales Tell Us About Our Weather?

The Arctic is experiencing global warming much faster than the rest of the world. A new study shows four times faster, in fact! One of the effects of this accelerated warming is the melting sea ice in the Arctic. And … Continue reading

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The Authority Gap

This event was a presentation by Mary Ann Sieghart about her recently published book. Biographies of Speaker and Respondents: – Mary Ann Sieghart is an author, journalist and radio broadcaster/presenter. She was for many years assistant editor at The Times, … Continue reading

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A 7000-6000 year old burial of a young woman (aged around 20 when she died) and her newborn baby from Vedbaek, Denmark. | history and stories 

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A Meteorologist from the University of Reading shows just how long it takes water to soak into parched ground

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GNF Session – Meet SUSIE

Meet SUSIE: ArianeGroup’s vision for moving cargo and human to, in and from space. SUSIE is an innovative concept launched on Ariane 6 that ArianeGroup will unveil for the first time. Designed on a on proven European flight heritage, this … Continue reading

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Secrets of Cymatics

“Secrets of Cymatics” is an inspirational presentation by acoustic-physics researcher, John Stuart Reid, filmed at the Water Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria, October 2016, on the physics, chemistry and biology of water. The title of the talk was originally “The Holographic Properties … Continue reading

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