Historian Answers Wild West Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
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Historian Mark Lee Gardner joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the Wild West era.
The Infinite Stories of Hinduism: Crash Course Religions #5
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What does it mean to be Hindu? In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we’ll learn about the surprising history of the term “Hindu,” what the word “karma” really means, and how this vast, sprawling tradition contains more than one version of a story.
Enchanted Soudah: Traditions in the Clouds | Saudi Arabia | National Geographic
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Remarkably distinct from the rest of Saudi Arabia, Soudah’s history is living and breathing, kept alive through the cultural practices of its local people.
What's the Difference Between Cults and Religion?: Crash Course Religions #3
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What is a cult? How are cults different from religions? And why do many religious scholars say we shouldn’t even use that label? In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we’ll learn why the line between cults and religions is much fuzzier than it seems.
How To Take A Dinosaur's Temperature
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Despite the seemingly basic things we don't know about dinosaurs, we do know some surprising things – like their body temperatures.
How Nine Nuclear Saboteurs Changed WWII
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In Germany in 1939, the Uranverein, or “uranium club,” was trying to beat Oppenheimer to the bomb.
The Species That Broke Evolution?
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The ancestors of gars, horseshoe crabs and coelacanths looked almost the same as their modern relatives. Darwin called species like these “living fossils'' because they seem like they are evolutionarily frozen in time. But Darwin was wrong.
An Ancient Roman Shipwreck May Explain the Universe
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Why would astrophysicists care about a two millennia old Roman shipwreck between the islands of Sardinia and Mal Di Ventre?
Why Democracy Is Mathematically Impossible
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Democracy might be mathematically impossible
How a Banana Sold for $150,000 : Modern Art
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Our cultural perspectives shape how we perceive art, including who we see as contributing to its most important movements.
Dorothy J. Vaughn
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Dorothy J. Vaughan was a pioneer human computer and visionary who was integral in the expansion of a diverse workforce across NASA.
A.I. ‐ Humanity's Final Invention?
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Humans rule Earth without competition. But we are about to create something that may change that: our last invention, the most powerful tool, weapon, or maybe even entity: Artificial Super intelligence.
This Disease is Deadlier Than The Plague
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The white death has haunted humanity like no other disease following us for thousands, maybe millions of years.
Becoming An Artist: Paula Rego
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Settle in for a story about artist Paula Rego. How did she decide to become an artist? What inspired her?
Origins of Color (Trade & Exchange)
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How can the color “red” be a global commodity? How can the way a statue stands be a sign of cultural exchange?
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
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In the months leading up to the historic take-off, Nasa put the crew through gruelling, relentless simulations in order to prepare them.
Were Humans Destined to Exist?
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This is a snippet of a larger conversation taking place on Crash Course Pods: The Universe. Over 11 episodes, John Green and Katie Mack walk through the entire history of the universe…even the parts that aren’t written yet.