In 1864, Jourdon Anderson and his wife escaped a life of slavery and moved to Ohio. A year later, he received a desperate letter from the man who used to own him, in which he was asked to return to work... continue reading
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Sam Harris speaks with Matt Ridley and Alina Chan about the origins of the COVID pandemic. They discuss the evidence of a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, media and academic censorship of... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 year 2 months ago • 273 views • 58:27The story behind the new Terry Pratchett audiobooks - my all time favorite author. Can't wait to hear them! YT: This documentary follows Penguin Audio's ambitious project of turning the entire Discworld... continue reading
posted by Zawash 1 year 12 months ago • 31 views • 21:33Artemis 1: Which will consist of an uncrewed flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion spacecraft around the Moon, where the next generation of spacecraft that will take humans to the... continue reading
posted by BSR 2 years 2 weeks ago • 59 views • 12:48In this video we show you the new kind of artificial muscles that don't explode after puncture but just bleed without a visible decrease of performance. We also present our robotic arm. Since the last... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 6 months 1 week ago • 155 views • 1:4700:00 Two Planets 02:00 Echoes 02:18 Mysteries of Life & Humanity 05:33 Experimental Sounds 07:13 New Direction 08:26 Nothings 10:43 Previously unheard sounds 14:54 The Ping ... continue reading
posted by eric3579 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 422 views • 25:46Imagine pole-vaulting across dangerous terrain, down steep slopes and ravines. "Salto del pastor"—translated from Spanish as "the shepherd's leap"—is just that. Now a folk sport and hobby, it was once... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 12 months ago • 751 views • 3:53"Take a look inside a hive as a wasp queen begins her reign; founding a colony, hunting to feed her brood and defending against intruders. As the sun rises, something royal stirs inside a pile of firewood.... continue reading
posted by ant 3 years 8 months 1 week ago • 16 views • 5:23Each season has its own distinctive flowers, and in Japan early May sees the wisteria blossom. Many people travel at that time to see fine examples of wisteria, a spreading vine that can be arranged over... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 388 views • 4:28Scientists from UVM and Tufts repurposed living cells scraped from frog embryos and assembled them into entirely new life-forms. More: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1zVG8wptOOI https://youtu.be/XLI7VtjgOyk ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 3 months 1 week ago • 171 views • 57 secsThe Ondophone - the dream of a sound that never was... At least for now, there might be a future where the Ondophone will come to real life. In this weeks episode we are taking a closer look at the first... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 41 views • 17:11“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I... continue reading
posted by Joe Motion (lurgee) 4 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 168 views • 20:41YouTube description: The moon is looking more full than ever. The director Todd Douglas Miller assembles beautifully restored archival footage, blends that with audio from the astronauts and a vibrant... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 311 views • 2:41YouTube description: In an effort to retain heritage, reduce waste and overcome the challenge of finding sites in urban areas, architects, engineers and developers are breathing new life into existing... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 628 views • 7:15YouTube description: After being diagnosed with a rare, potentially fatal brain condition known as Moyamoya, Jennifer Lee was forced to face her own mortality and consider the things in life she held... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 589 views • 10:01YouTube description: At 30-years-old, Yu Kikuchi was tired of his job. Working in an assembly line that made turbines, he was aching to find a new lease on life. So when he heard about 80-year-old master... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 303 views • 2:46YouTube description: This is how we go from single cells to people. EVO-DEVO Huxley B. Mac. Oh Carroll, Carroll Gould, Stephen Jay yeah D-D-D-D-Davidson and Peter See One cell divide and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 923 views • 4:46"Protection from deportation and the chance to work have been life-changing for DACA recipients. But if Congress and the White House can’t agree on a bill to protect them within a six-month timeframe,... continue reading
posted by ant 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 219 views • 5:28Miss Info investigates how the Jamaican beef patty became a NYC icon. As the flaky meat turnover has infiltrated all aspects of city life—found in mom-and-pop bakeries, bodegas, pizza shops, and even... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months ago • 258 views • 12:06YouTube: Deep in the forests of New Guinea there is a rich variety of life, each more bizarre than the last. One such spectacle is the male Bird of Paradise who appears to go to extraordinary lengths to... continue reading
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