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16 Things I Only Started Saying After Living in the UK 🇬🇧
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The incredible – and still quite mysterious – way trees trade information via their roots
While researching her doctoral thesis, Suzanne Simard, now a professor of forest ecology at the University of British Columbia, made an astounding discovery – trees in forests seem to possess complex information superhighways in their root systems that allow them … Continue reading
The world is poorly designed. But copying nature helps.
[…] Japan’s Shinkansen doesn’t look like your typical train. With its long and pointed nose, it can reach top speeds up to 150–200 miles per hour. It didn’t always look like this. Earlier models were rounder and louder, often suffering … Continue reading
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Tagged comparison, design, Environment, history, nature, science, technology
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Everyday Objects Are Sliced and Re-Assembled into Distorted Sculptures by Fabian Oefner
“Heisenberg Object VI – Cortez” (2021), leather, foam, and resin, 30 x 18 x 15 centimeters In Heisenberg Objects, Fabian Oefner (previously) translates quantum mechanic’s uncertainty principle into a sculptural series of segmented objects. The Connecticut-based artist uses resin … Continue reading
The Origins of Hebrew
As the name suggests, the Hebrew Bible is written, mostly, in Hebrew. But what is the earliest history of this language? What language did the ancient Israelites speak? This episode examines the origins of Hebrew and its relationship with Canaanite … Continue reading
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The REAL Answer To The Viral Chinese Math Problem “How Old Is The Captain?”
Media outlets around the world went crazy over a 5th grade math exam question in China. But they all missed the real story! The problem actually dates back to French researchers in 1979. In this video I present the real … Continue reading
Easy Percentage Trick you were Never Taught at School!
This percentage trick is so easy – but you probably don’t know it…because, let’s face it, you were not paying attention in school when the teacher told you! That’s OK – youtube and tecmath has your back – with this, … Continue reading
DNA Evidence That Humans & Chimps Share A Common Ancestor: Endogenous Retroviruses
Here we explore the amazing discovery of Endogenous Retroviruses (ERVs) in our own DNA. These are genetic remnants of antient virus infections suffered by our ancestors. It turns out that many of our Endogenous Retroviruses are shared by chimpanzees. This … Continue reading
Does Manchester Need an Orbital Tram Route?
In the final video on Manchester’s tram history we go back to the future and look at some quite realistic possibilities for the current network expanding outward, beyond the city centre and joining up the areas towns. this is the … Continue reading
Large Structures Inside Earth Seem to be Remnants of a Dead Planet
Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the new discovery that suggests we discovered the leftovers of the legendary planet Theia Study: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lps… Images: Sanne.cottaar, CC-BY-SA-3.0 The African LLSVP. (Ward et al., … Continue reading
