In his TED talk, Brian Greene makes a startling point. In addition to the fascinating idea that there may be many more universes than just ours, he notes that at some point in the future, the stars are going to disappear. …
This video documents the practice by some baboon tribes in Saudi Arabia of essentially kidnapping feral puppies and raising them as pets and protectors.
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Via Julia Child’s Kitchen at the Smithsonian [3,759 × 1,557] – Imgur.
The video is only about 3 minutes long, and you’ll learn a bit about where the now iconic phrase and poster came from, and where it was rediscovered.
99% Invisible, Roman Mars’ aptly titled radio series that airs on some public radio stations (like KALW every Friday at 7:34 a.m), never fails to fascinate.
Mars describes the show as a “short (3 minute) radio show about design and architecture,” but it’s a lot more than that. It exposes big ideas that we may “see” every day but don’t recognize.
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A reddit crowd-sourced list of NON-obvious items that everyone should have. Here are a few that I found a little unusual. Visit reddit for the explanations 😀
“Anything worth saying WILL offend someone.”
Which is why statements from politicians, who often try not to offend ANYONE, don’t contain anything ‘worth saying.”
And the news has become that way at times, too.
First heard this quote in a talk by journalist Johann Hari, whose credibility is in question due some plagiarism charges (I think). But just because the source is in question, doesn’t mean what he says isn’t true.
The illustration below graphs the percentage of assault victims that were injured while defending themselves with specific weapons.
Not sure how reliable this data is, but if accurate it suggests some interesting conclusions.
Offering NO resistance is safer than trying to defend yourself with a knife.
“Safest” of all is defending yourself with a gun.
