We humans share DNA with many animals stretching back four billion years through the evolutionary web of life. A Domain of Science video by Dominic Walliman.
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“Jason Shron built a replica of a passenger train car in his basement, and found a way to simulate a train ride by strapping a tiny video camera to his model railway.”
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“A Tiny Video Camera Lets This Train Enthusiast Ride Along on His Incredibly Detailed Model Railroad,” Andrew Liszewski, Gizmodo
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“While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” written by George Harrison, performed by Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne, Prince, et al., at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 2004, re-edited by director Joel Gallen to focus on Prince’s astounding guitar solo.
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“Director’s cut of Prince blowing minds on ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ now has more Prince,” Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times
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You’re seeing people list their preferred personal pronouns on their profiles and email signitures these days. Why? A video from the Pride Centre of Edmonton.
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“The Bookshop,” a 1967 sketch featuring John Cleese and Marty Feldman from At Last the 1948 Show.The show got its title as a joke on how long it took BBC TV commissioners to nake programming decisions.
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As their ice sheet hunting grounds melt due to global warming, polar bears are moving inland, and mating with the grizzly bears that live there.
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“Polar Bear-Grizzly Hybrids, Aka Pizzly Bears, May Be Growing More Common Due to Climate Crisis,” Alyse Stanley, Earther
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Bladeless wind turbines are quiet, and no threat to birds. They wiggle, though.
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“Good vibrations: bladeless turbines could bring wind power to your home,” Jillian Ambrose, The Guardian
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At Malaysia’s Genting World Lion Dance Championship, traditional lion dancing has become an exteme sport.
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“Malaysia Has Turned Lion Dancing Into a Gravity-Defying Extreme Sport,” Marina Wang, Atlas Obscura
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Eunice Foote, a pioneer in the field of climate change, wrote about the heat-trapping effects of CO2 in 1856. She was ignored by history, perhaps because she also wrote about womens rights. A BBC video, animated by Peter Caires.
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“This Land Is Your Land,” written by Woody Guthrie in 1940, as interpreted by Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings. Listen closely; this version restores the song’s original verses about “great big walls” and urban poverty. It was meant to be a protest song.
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“The Story Of Woody Guthrie’s ‘This Land Is Your Land,’” Nick Spitzer, NPR
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