Monday, 31 October 2016
Jet powered dumplings you need to meet, not eat
If dumbo and a hovercraft made out, this is what you’d get. We admit we have a pretty warped sense of humour. But when you sit back and look at it, the Dumpling Squid does kinda look like a potential 'love-child' of the two don't you think?
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Bloody Amazing Facts About Vampire Bats
It appears at night, sneaks up behind its prey, and sucks its blood! Is it a vampire? No, it’s a vampire bat! Here are some bloody amazing facts about them for Halloween!
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead: A guidebook for the underworld
Ancient Egyptians believed that in order to become immortal after death, a spirit must first pass through the underworld — a realm of vast caverns, lakes of fire, and magical gates. Needless to say, one needed to come prepared. But how? Tejal Gala describes an Egyptian "Book of the Dead" -- a customized magic scroll written by the living to promote a smooth passage to the afterlife when they died.
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The Amazing Garage Where Robots Do the Parking
Parking sucks. Looking for a space, driving round and round, trying not to hit a pillar. Fear not, the robots have it covered.
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How a mathematician dissects a coincidence
Can you unknot a twist of fate with logic? Vox's Phil Edwards asked mathematician Joseph Mazur about his book, Fluke, and one of its most incredible stories.
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Panic! At The Disco: Emperor's New Clothes [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
Panic! At The Disco's official video for 'Emperor's New Clothes.'
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Before the Flood - Full Movie | National Geographic
Join Leonardo DiCaprio as he explores the topic of climate change, and discovers what must be done today to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet.
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School Segregation: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Public schools are increasingly divided by race and class. John Oliver discusses the troubling trend towards school resegregation.
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7 New Species Discovered in Cities
Scientists are discovering new species at the bottom of the ocean and deep in the rainforest, but there are also plenty of new animals being discovered in cities around the world!
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Sunday, 30 October 2016
Beautiful Chemical Reactions
Eight types of beautiful chemical reactions are presented in this short video.
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The mysterious extra holes at the top of you shoes explained
How to Prevent Running Shoe Blisters With a “Heel Lock” or “Lace Lock”
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New Rule: The Danger of False Equivalency | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
In his Editorial New Rule, Bill Maher cautions young voters against characterizing the choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as picking between "the lesser of two evils."
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Saturday, 29 October 2016
See Through Batteries
In order to better understand efficiency-reducing dendrites, the metal wire forming phenomenon that consumes electrolytes while new generation lithium metal batteries are charging, researchers have developed a visualization cell as a “window” to look inside the potentially explosive process.
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Gary Johnson loses his cool when pressed on his disputed tax policy
A quick interview with the Libertarian candidate for presidency of the USA.
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Friday, 28 October 2016
Older Arctic Sea Ice Disappearing
Arctic sea ice has not only been shrinking in surface area in recent years, it’s becoming younger and thinner as well. In this animation, where the ice cover almost looks gelatinous as it pulses through the seasons, cryospheric scientist Dr. Walt Meier of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center describes how the sea ice has undergone fundamental changes during the era of satellite measurements.
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Hunting Wild Pigs Could Save Hawaii's Coral Reefs
Chad Wiggins, Marine Program Director at The Nature Conservancy Hawaii, is working towards solutions to manage the hooved animals’ growing population numbers, and in effect, hopefully provide relief for coral to survive the effects of climate change.
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Thursday, 27 October 2016
What caused the French Revolution?
What rights do people have, and where do they come from? Who gets to make decisions for others, and on what authority? And how can we organize society to meet people’s needs? Tom Mullaney shows how these questions challenged an entire nation during the upheaval of the French Revolution.
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RNC In Legal Trouble Over Trump Call For Poll-Watchers | Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow reports on how the RNC has been restricted by a legal consent decree over past racially charged poll watching activities, and a new legal case against the RNC over Donald Trump's calls for poll watching vigilantism.
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J.K. Simmons Reads Lines From Famous Sport Movies
Katie Nolan chats with J.K. Simmons about The Accountant, Ohio State, and sports movies.
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Wednesday, 26 October 2016
South Park - Language and Censorship
A look at the animated series that used vulgarity in language to reflect the reality of our lives.
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Debate 3: The Good, The Bad, The Nasty (Act 1, Part 1) | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS
Our thoughts on the final debate... possibly ever.
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The top 5 successes of the STEREO mission in the last 10 years
Launched ten years ago, on Oct. 25, 2006, the twin spacecraft of NASA’s STEREO mission – short for Solar and Terrestrial Relations Observatory – have given us unprecedented views of the sun, including the first-ever simultaneous view of the entire star at once. This kind of comprehensive data is key to understanding how the sun erupts with things like coronal mass ejections and energetic particles, as well as how those events move through space, sometimes impacting Earth and other worlds.
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Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Why Does Glitter Stick to Everything?
Glitter: use it for even the most modest of arts and crafts projects and days later you're still finding it stuck in your hair, behind your ear, and all over your clothes. But how are these little plastic disks so sticky?!
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Plato’s best (and worst) ideas
Few individuals have influenced the world and many of today’s thinkers like Plato. He created the first Western university and was teacher to Ancient Greece’s greatest minds, including Aristotle. But even he wasn’t perfect. Along with his great ideas, Plato had a few that haven’t exactly stood the test of time. Wisecrack gives a brief rundown of a few of Plato’s best and worst ideas.
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OK Ladies Now Let's Get Information | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS
As it turns out, women actually can be president...of other countries. Sam and Madeleine Albright find out more.
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Why should you listen to Vivaldi's "Four Seasons"?
Light, bright, and cheerful, "The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi is some of the most familiar of all early 18th century music, featured in numerous films and television commercials. But what is its significance, and why does it sound that way? Betsy Schwarm uncovers the underlying narrative of this musical masterpiece.
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Monday, 24 October 2016
Victorian Pseudosciences: Solving Murders with Eyeballs
In the 1800s, Wilhelm Kühne created an image of a window from the eyes of a rabbit. Was this technology applicable to humans?
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BMW Films: The Escape
The Escape, featuring the All-New 2017 BMW 5 Series. To learn more about this film, visit BMWfilms.com.
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