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

posted by newtboy 4 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 430 views • 6:33

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 2 months 1 week ago • 140 views • 14:23

YouTube 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 2 months 2 weeks ago • 50 views • 2:37

YouTube 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 3 weeks ago • 449 views • 3:30

Legendary 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 10 months 2 weeks ago • 931 views

YouTube 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 3 weeks ago • 704 views • 10:49

The 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 1 month 1 week ago • 520 views • 5:35

YouTube 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 4 months 2 weeks ago • 1,390 views • 3:05

In 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 3 weeks ago • 99 views • 6:27

I 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 6 months 2 weeks ago • 257 views • 7:16

As 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 10 months 2 weeks ago • 832 views • 3:38

How 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 11 months 1 week ago • 247 views • 2:48

An 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 11 months 2 weeks ago • 29 views • 14:32

YouTube 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 2 months 1 week ago • 622 views • 2:20

Where 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 4 months 2 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 10 months 3 weeks ago • 1,173 views • 2:55

YouTube 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 3 weeks ago • 159 views • 2:47

YouTube: 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 7 months 1 week ago • 325 views • 10:58

YouTube 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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