What Is A Core Sample?
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Have you ever wanted to go back in time— just to see what it was like? Well, scientists have figured out how …sort of…
Ancient History: India (Maurya Empire)
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Take a quick dive into the history of ancient India's Maurya Empire.
Ancient History: Athens
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Take a quick dive into the history of ancient Athens.
Buried Secrets of the Bible with Albert Lin: Sodom & Gomorrah
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Albert Lin reveals real events behind the epic biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Why AI Will Spark Exponential Economic Growth | Cathie Wood | TED
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Investor Cathie Wood explores this unique moment in technology, which she sees as being marked by the simultaneous evolution of five pivotal innovation platforms — a scenario unparalleled in history.
Ancient History: India (Gupta Dynasty)
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Take a quick dive into the history of ancient India's Gupta Dynasty.
Ancient History: Greece
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Take a quick dive into the history of ancient Greece.
Diplocaulus: An Ancient Animal
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Squeaks and Jessi discover an animal with a head that reminds them of a boomerang.
Animated Maps: Tectonic Plate Movement
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This set of 41 paleo-elevation models (DEM) represents the changing paleogeography of the oceans and continents back to 540 million years ago.
Historian Breaks Down Napoleon's Battle Tactics | WIRED
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"Love him or hate him, Napoleon is a figure probably unrivaled in modern history." Today Jonathon Riley, a British General and historian, breaks down French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's most prominent battles and utilized war tactics.
Eclipses Used To Be Terrifying
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Because eclipses are powerful and frightening events, ancient cultures went to great lengths to understand eclipses.
I kissed nuclear waste to prove a point.
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The shadows of Chernobyl and Fukushima loom large over the topic of nuclear energy, fueling fears often unaligned with reality.
Animated Maps: The Five Deeps
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In this animated map, we highlight the deepest spots in the briny deep that surrounds us.
Why Korea is Dying Out
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Every two years one million Japanese disappear, China’s population will halve by the end of the century, the median age in Italy has reached 48. All around the world birth rates are crashing – Is humanity dying out? What is going on and how bad is it?
Meet Some Quokkas
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Our newest additions to the zoo family are the 3 adorable quokkas.
How One Line in the Oldest Math Text Hinted at Hidden Universes
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A huge thank you to Prof. Geraint Lewis and Dr. Ashmeet Singh for helping us understand the applications of Non-Euclidean geometry in astronomy/cosmology.
Astronaut Tells The Story Behind Iconic Space Photos | WIRED
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ESA Astronaut Tim Peake visits WIRED to have a look back at pivotal moments in the history of human space flight, captured in 8 unforgettable photographs.