Primitive Technology: Making Charcoal (3 Different Methods)
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With more iron smelting experiments coming up, I demonstrate 3 different methods to make charcoal, ranked easiest to hardest.
Why Aliens Might Already Be On Their Way To Us
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The universe is magnificent and vast. Hundreds of billions of galaxies, trillions of stars, and even more planets. If even the tiniest fraction are habitable, then the Universe should be teeming with life. And yet we see nothing, only vast emptiness. Where is everyone else?
How Everyday Interactions Shape Your Future
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A few words can change the course of a life; they have the power to shrink, expand or transform someone's identity -- even your own. Social psychologist Mesmin Destin explores how everyday interactions and experiences play a powerful part in who we become, sharing the key moments and messages that can inspire us to grow into our best selves.
Paragliding Alongside Eagles
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In California, expert bird handler Lloyd Buck tries his hand at paragliding in an attempt to understand more about how eagles soar.
How Wildfires Spawn Deadly Firenadoes
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Climate change is causing wildfire season to get worse every year. And our models of wildfires can't keep up with the things fires can do... like spawn devastating fire tornadoes.
Just How Good is Eagle Vision?
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In a remote part of Scotland, expert bird handler Lloyd Buck sets up a game of hide and seek for his golden eagle Tilly to test just how good her eyesight is.
Porcelain in the Wreckage | Drain the Oceans
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Vanessa Litzenberg discusses the porcelain from the wreck. Drain the Oceans dives deep into the unknown; a truly epic, original series that takes underwater adventure and earth science illustration into a whole new era.
Truth Decay
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Trust is eroding, in part, due to the over-abundance of opinion-based content; we must all develop better tools and habits for consuming information to regain a shared understanding of what is true.
how to discover your dream career
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Choosing a career is such a stressful endeavour... I still struggle with it every day. But this is the exercise that has helped me get more clarity about what I want to do in life.
How Smart Are Crows Actually?
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Have you seen that adorable clip of a raven sledding down a snowy roof? We have, so we took a deep dive into how crows and other corvids exhibit tool use, intelligence, and maybe even consciousness.
The Best Of Polar Bears | BBC Earth
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From flirting polar bears to cute cubs emerging from hibernation, here is a collection of some of our favourite polar bear moments.
What if you experienced every human life in history?
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Examine the ethical stance known as longtermism, which is the idea that we should be doing more to protect future generations.
The Delightful Dance of Hummingbirds | The Wild Place | Relax with Nature | BBC Earth
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In the Atlantic Rainforest of Argentina and Brazil, hummingbirds gather around flowers in a spectacular dance.
Hippos Eating Watermelon | Magic of Disney's Animal Kingdom
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Tequila the Hippo enjoys a watermelon snack on a summer day.
rimitive Technology: Decarburization of iron and forging experiments
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I took a brittle, high carbon/iron alloy (cast iron) made from local ore and used a decarburization method to reduce it's carbon content making it malleable and forged it flat by hammering.
The Weird Sex Lives of Bluegills
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When it comes to the mating game, fish have some of the strangest ways of thwarting the competition.
The continents are moving. When will they collide?
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Dig into the science of plate tectonics to find out when the next supercontinent will emerge— and how it could affect Earth’s environment.