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June 29, 2016 The Search for Earth Proxima Since astronomers first discovered exoplanets in 1995, we've come to learn that there are a staggering amount of planets out there in the universe. But, we have yet to find one that's habitable, aside from our own. The Search for Earth Proxima is a short documentary about a group of scientists and their mission to build a telescope to hunt for an Earth-like planet around our closest neighbor: Alpha Centauri. Link |
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July 28, 2016 How LSD Could Help Treat Addiction and Depression Psychedelic drugs could be the key to making you happier and healthier. So why won't we research them? |
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July 26, 2016 What's the Matter with Kansas? Based on the Thomas Frank's best-seller, "What's the Matter with Kansas?" shows how Kansas transformed from an outpost of radicalism to a bastion of conservatism. Unforgettable characters and their stories shed new light on our nation's political divide. Link |
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July 25, 2016 One Year on Earth – Seen From 1 Million Miles On July 20, 2015, NASA released to the world the first image of the sunlit side of Earth captured by the space agency's EPIC camera on NOAA's DSCOVR satellite. The camera has now recorded a full year of life on Earth from its orbit at Lagrange point 1, approximately 1 million miles from Earth, where it is balanced between the gravity of our home planet and the sun. |
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| July 22, 2016 Why the Metric System Matters For the majority of recorded human history, units like the weight of a grain or the length of a hand weren’t exact and varied from place to place. Now, consistent measurements are such an integral part of our daily lives that it’s hard to appreciate what a major accomplishment for humanity they’ve been. Matt Anticole traces the wild history of the metric system. |
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| July 20,2016 Harvesting Guitars from the Bones of New York City Fancy playing a guitar that was literally once part of a New York City landmark? How about owning a guitar designed by a man who has sold guitars to Bob Dylan, Lou Reed and Steely Dan? At Carmine Street Guitars in New York City, every guitar has a story. Owner Rick Kelly creates each custom instrument from reclaimed lumber that once belonged to buildings around the city. These are more than simple guitars, they're history in your arms. |
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| July 19, 2016 The Big Lebowski Was Inspired By This Real Dude Meet the man who inspired the legendary movie. |
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| July 15, 2016 Brexit, Briefly Britain is leaving the European Union... or maybe not? Let's place some odds on what might or might not happen with Brexit. |
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| July 13, 2016 How to Remain Calm With People Remaining calm around people who annoy us is one of the great life skills. It’s also a teachable and learnable skill. |
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| July 12, 2016 Octopi, Platypi, Walri, Oh My! Octopus, platypus, walrus…there’s something about that –us ending that makes us hesitate when we want to make a plural. Here's what you need to know before you pluralize. |
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| July 11, 2016 Traffic Stop Alex Landau, an African American man, was raised by his adoptive white parents to believe that skin color didn’t matter. But when Alex was pulled over by Denver police officers one night in 2009, he lost his belief in a color-blind world—and nearly lost his life. Alex tells his mother, Patsy Hathaway, what happened that night and how it affects him to this day. |
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| July 8, 2016 Kiarostami: Cinema in Cars In memory of Abbas Kiarostami, a look at one of his favorite filming locations: the car. With insights from his making-of documentary 10 ON TEN (2004). Link |
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| July 7, 2016 The Secret Anti-Counterfeit Symbol You can’t copy money. Like really, it’s not just illegal, you just can’t do it on a photocopier. |
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July 6, 2016 The Minute by Charles Bukowski |
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| July 4, 2016 5 Principles of True Patriotism We talk a lot about Patriotism, especially around July 4th, but we need also to take to heart its five basic principles. |
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