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Exploring space is one of humanity’s most hopeful activities. By going out into the great unknown of the Universe, we hope to extend our reach, find new resources and life forms, while solving many of our earthly problems. Kessler Syndrome: How space debris can destroy modern life | Big Think

When we say with LEGO Technic you can BUILD FOR REAL, we really mean it! Here’s our amazing 1:1 version of the iconic Bugatti Chiron. Not only does it look like the real thing, it also drives as well – and to prove it we took it for a spin on the same German track where Bugatti do their testing The Amazing Life-size LEGO Technic Bugatti Chiron that DRIVES! - YouTube

So began Quanta Magazine’s In Theory video series, hosted by David Kaplan, a theoretical particle physicist and co-creator of the award-winning documentary Particle Fever. The Universal Pattern Popping Up in Math, Physics and Biology | Quanta Maga

I spend a lot of time looking at screens. Most of my work, hobbies, and conversations take place online, which is fine by me. The internet is cool — or at least it used to be. As of late, it’s been growing increasingly exhausting. Put your phone in Do Not Disturb mode forever | The Outline

In 2010, Chris and Melissa Bruntlett sold their cars and began transporting their family of four around Vancouver, BC, by bike. How the Dutch created a casual biking culture - Vox

It took Claude Shannon about a decade to fully formulate his seminal theory of information. He first flirted with the idea of establishing a common foundation for the many information technologies of his day (like the telephone, the radio, and the television) in graduate school. Claude Shannon: How a Genius Solves Problems — Quartz

Almost exactly ten years ago, I bought the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius on Amazon. Amazon Prime didn’t exist then and to qualify for free shipping, I had to purchase a few other books at the same time. Two or three days later they all arrived. 100 Things I Learned Reading The Same Book 100 Times Over 10 Years

U.S. and USSR/Russian arms sales from 1950 through 2017. The underlying data comes from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's Arms Transfers Database. Units are expressed in trend indicator values (TIV). Each dot on the map = one TIV. Visualization by Will Geary (@wgeary). Want Arms Sales: USA vs Russia on Vimeo

It is well-established established that Bitcoin mining — aka, donating one’s computing power to keep a cryptocurrency network up and running in exchange for a chance to win some free crypto — uses a lot of electricity. Bitcoin mining now accounts for almost one percent of the world’s energy co

In decades of covering politics, I’ve encountered no one else with McCain’s unflinching combination of bracing candor, impossibly high standards, and rueful self-recrimination. John McCain and the Lost Art of Decency in Politics - The Atlantic

Here’s a fun experiment to try. Go to your pantry and see if you have a box of spaghetti. If you do, take out a noodle. Grab both ends of it and bend it until it breaks in half. How many pieces did it break into? If you got two large pieces and at least one small piece you’re not alone. The snapback effect: Richard Feynman’s famed physics puzzle finally gets so

In Ubang, a farming community in southern Nigeria, men and women say they speak different languages. Ubang: The Nigerian village where men and women speak different languages -

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Download FREE 16-page sampler → Rhetological Fallacies - A list of Logical Fallacies & Rhetorical Devices with examples Errors & manipulation of rhetoric and logical thinking Wikipedia's Lamest Edit Wars Articles of War World's Best Hangover Cure? Bigges Information is Beautiful

Explore your favourite “based on a true story” films scene-by-scene, beat-by-beat and test their veracity on a data level. Here’s how the truth levels break down. Based on a *True* True Story? — Information is Beautiful

Een groeiende groep mensen in Nederland weigert hun kinderen in te enten tegen besmettelijke ziekten. Dit is niet alleen gevaarlijk voor hun eigen kinderen, maar ook voor anderen. Bijvoorbeeld voor kinderen die naar dezelfde opvang gaan. Petition · Tweede Kamer: Verplicht vaccinatie voor kindere op kinderdagverb

In 1806, entrepreneur Frederic Tudor sailed to the island of Martinique with a precious cargo. He had harvested ice from frozen Massachusetts rivers and expected to make a tidy profit selling it to tropical customers. There was only one problem: the islanders had never seen ice. Unknown Unknowns: The Problem of Hypocognition - Scientific American Blog N

After I had read the Wikipedia page about the Ironman triathlon, my mind went from "insane" to "let's do that before I'm 40". I started running in September 2011, gradually increasing the mileage. In the process switching from regular running shoes to Vibram barefoot shoes. As the big 4-O came closer, it was time to up the game and get serious. Here was not something I was able to accomplish by myself. Exactly two years to the date of the IM I send an email to AVtriathlon, the tri club in my hometown requesting if I could give the running training a whirl. And whirl it was, thanks, Bert, Gert, Wouter and Joop for teaching me to run and having the patience to cope with my very sub-par motor skills. After six months things got better, I could finally do all of the running drills; learned a lot about heart rate, running technique, and pacing. Training for the swim started the same month as the running training. Twice a week, at 6 am, on Mondays and Fridays.