In most developed countries, workers have the right to a certain number of paid sick days. It’s a policy that isn’t rooted in just generosity — during pandemics like the novel coronavirus, it can... continue reading
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Using foundational computer science theories, Colin Morris focuses on understanding trends in popular music. Borrowing from the areas of bioinformatics and compression algorithms, he shows that the lyrics... continue reading
posted by notarobot 5 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 140 views • 14:23YouTube description: The Colombian group Ghetto Kumbé puts on a show you’re unlikely to forget. It’s an experiment, a ritual and an ode to the band’s diverse Colombian roots. Combining traditional... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 50 views • 2:37YouTube description: Canned fish has been around for over a century and has been enjoyed around world. Still, no one loves their fish more than Portugal, where old traditions of fishing, canning and... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months ago • 449 views • 3:30Legendary actor Denzel Washington says a recent movie role hasn’t changed his views on America’s criminal justice system and that black incarceration finds its roots in fatherless homes.
posted by bobknight33 5 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 931 viewsYouTube description: Reggaeton is one of the most popular music genres in the world. Its history is rooted in diaspora migration, censorship, poverty and the reclaiming of Afro-Caribbean identity. We... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 11 months ago • 704 views • 10:49The network effect is Facebook’s biggest selling point, and the root of many of its problems. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO What happened with Cambridge Analytica highlights this perfectly. ... continue reading
posted by b4rringt0n 6 years 2 weeks ago • 520 views • 5:35YouTube description: Real indigo-dyed clothing is not like the blue you know. Richer than the chemical blues used on most fabrics today, real indigo dye comes from a plant and has a surprising range... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 1,390 views • 3:05In this video I build a garden to grow Cassava and yams, two staple food crops. Cassava is a shrub that develops large edible roots. Yams are a climbing vine that produce large, edible underground bulbs... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months ago • 99 views • 6:27I built a prawn trap from lawyer cane, sticks and vine. Then I caught some prawns and ate them. Prawn (and fish) traps are simple traps designed to catch aquatic life due to their shape. It consists... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 257 views • 7:16As urban populations continue to rise, innovators are looking beyond traditional farming as a way to feed everyone while having less impact on our land and water resources. Vertical farming is one solution... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 832 views • 3:38How come some words only have a grumpy, negative version? Here are a few that used to have happier counterparts, but we stopped using them.
posted by blacklotus90 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 247 views • 2:48An important video that gets to the root of tackling bigotry and hate. An excellent lecture by Prof. Laith Saud
posted by truth-is-the-nemesis 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 29 views • 14:32YouTube description: Why does English have so many words that have twins? Here's how we got to have two vocabularies, one based in Germanic roots, and one based in Latin. Produced for Mental Floss. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 622 views • 2:20Where Dylan of Atlas Obscura tells you about his favorite places on the planet! Credits for this episode: https://www.flickr.com/photos/5388826... https://www.flickr.com/photos/sandro_... https://www.flickr.com/p... continue reading
posted by newtboy 8 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 28 views • 1:58"Greece is in a state of economic and financial crisis that's dominated global headlines this week, but the real roots of the crisis lie over a decade ago in the misguided idea of uniting a very diverse... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 8 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,173 views • 2:55YouTube Description: Although widely thought to hail from the North Pole, Santa Claus is in fact originally from Turkey. The BBC's Mark Lowen visited the southern Turkish town of Demre to trace the... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 4 months ago • 159 views • 2:47YouTube: What exactly are Personality Disorders? How can they be diagnosed? Can we prevent some of them? In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank gives us the down low on things like Ego-Dystonic... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 6 months 1 week ago • 325 views • 10:58YouTube Description: This is dedicated to Vihart - she may be the only person who can solve this.LYRICS:Vihart, Vihart,You won, my heartWith a spirally spiralling videoAnd now I@m writing this to let... continue reading
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