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Have they been here?

Have they been here?

Could extraterrestrial technology be lurking in our backyard – on the Moon, Mars or in the asteroid belt? We think it’s worth a look. The idea...

yesterday 30

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Ravi Kopparapu & Jacob Haqq Misra

Squirrel on my shoulder

Squirrel on my shoulder

In this delightful 1981 clip from the television programme Wildlife on One (1977-2005), the BBC producer John Paling discovers a male baby grey...

previous day 20

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Welcome to the Chaoscene

Welcome to the Chaoscene

Where the danger grows, there also grows the saving power.– From ‘Patmos’ (1803) by Friedrich Hölderlin The fad in recent years for largely...

previous day 20

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Rupert Read

Building an artificial scientist

Building an artificial scientist

Mario Krenn has a unique job in the field of physics. As the research group leader at the Artificial Scientist Lab at the Max Planck Institute for...

wednesday 30

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Beanbag genetics

Beanbag genetics

Life is immensely complex. At every level, from molecules and cells to entire organisms and the intricate ecological balance between species,...

15.04.2025 10

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Zachary B Hancock

Wicked women? 500 years of witches

Wicked women? 500 years of witches

In this video from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the curators Ruth Hibbard and Lydia Caston examine how depictions of witches have...

14.04.2025 10

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Shame and revolution

Shame and revolution

Scroll through the comments section of any popular YouTube video about Vietnamese history, and you will see admiration and respect from around the...

14.04.2025 2

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Kevin D Pham