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Google Earth time-lapse feature winds clock back 37 years
Google Earth has launched a time-lapse feature that lets users wind back the clock and see how the world has changed over several decades. The feature uses millions of satellite images from the past 37 years to let people scroll through time.
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What If Dark Matter Is Just Black Holes?
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateSPACE ↓ More info below ↓ Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime It may be that for every star in the universe there are billi
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Man in court after Findhorn Foundation eco-community hit by fire
Emergency services - including six fire appliances - were called to the Findhorn Foundation on Monday morning. The foundation said the community centre and main sanctuary were destroyed. No-one was injured.
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Arrest after 'serious' fire at Findhorn eco-community
Emergency services, including six fire appliances, were called to the Findhorn Foundation in the early hours of Monday. The foundation said "extensive damage" was caused to the community centre and main sanctuary, but that "thankfully" no-one was hurt.
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France moves to ban short-haul domestic flights
French lawmakers have moved to ban short-haul internal flights where train alternatives exist, in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. Over the weekend, lawmakers voted in favour of a bill to end routes where the same journey could be made by train in under two-and-a-half hours.
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Yuri Gagarin: the spaceman who came in from the cold
It was the smile that clinched it. The first cadre of Soviet space explorers gathered together numbered 20. Among them were Gherman Titov, still the youngest person to fly in space (aged 26), and Alexei Leonov, the first person to venture out of the safety of a capsule to conduct a spacewalk.
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Muon g-2 experiment finds strong evidence for new physics
The first results from the Muon g-2 experiment hosted at Fermilab show fundamental particles called muons behaving in a way not predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics. Announced on April 7, 2021, these results confirm and strengthen the findings of an earlier experiment of the same name
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The 'Iron Man' body armour many of us may soon be wearing
Imagine wearing high-tech body armour that makes you super strong and tireless. Such technology, more specifically called an exoskeleton, sounds like the preserve of the Iron Man series of superhero movies.
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This result could change physics forever
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New Christ statue in Brazil's Encantado to be taller than Rio's
Christ the Protector in the southern city of Encantado will be 43m (140 ft) high with its pedestal, making it the world's third tallest Jesus statue. The idea came from local politician Adroaldo Conzatti, who died in March with Covid-19.
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Don't Know (the Van Eck Sequence) - Numberphile
Neil Sloane on the Van Eck Sequence... Check out Brilliant (get 20% off their premium service): https://brilliant.org/numberphile (sponsor) More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ More Neil Sloane: http://bit.ly/Sloane_Numberphile Van Eck sequence on OEIS: https://oeis.org/A181391
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How many chess games are possible?
Dr James Grime talking about the Shannon Number and other chess stuff. Squarespace (10% off): http://squarespace.com/numberphile More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Support us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile NUMBERPHILE Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberp
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'Lost golden city' found in Egypt reveals lives of ancient pharaohs
The discovery of a 3,000-year-old city that was lost to the sands of Egypt has been hailed as one of the most important archaeological finds since Tutankhamun's tomb. Famed Egyptologist Zahi Hawass announced the discovery of the "lost golden city" near Luxor on Thursday.
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Czech vaccines: European rights court backs mandatory pre-school jabs
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has backed the Czech Republic in its requirement for mandatory pre-school vaccinations. The case was brought by families who were fined or whose children were refused entry to pre-schools because they had not been vaccinated.
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The hydrogen revolution in the skies
As the plane rose from the runway for what was to prove a smooth and uneventful flight, the team breathed a sigh of relief.
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Why Japan can't shake sexism
A day after former Tokyo Olympics boss Yoshiro Mori made global headlines with his sexist comments, Momoko Nojo, 23, helped start a petition calling for action against him.
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Why the Muon g-2 Results Are So Exciting!
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Muons: 'Strong' evidence found for a new force of nature
From sticking a magnet on a fridge door to throwing a ball into a basketball hoop, the forces of physics are at play in every moment of our lives. All of the forces we experience every day can be reduced to just four categories: gravity, electromagnetism, the strong force and the weak force.
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How Russia's cosmonauts trained for space
On 13 April 1961, Soviet newspaper Izvestia’s special correspondent Georgi Ostroumov meets the first man in space. A day after returning to Earth "space pilot" Yuri Gagarin is, reports Ostroumov, "in high spirits, hale and hearty…a wonderful smile illumines his face."
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Bronze Age slab found in France is oldest 3D map in Europe
The 2m by 1.5m slab (5ft by 6.5ft), first uncovered in 1900, was found again in a cellar in a castle in France in 2014. Archaeologists who studied patterns engraved on the 4,000-year-old stone say they believe the markings are a map of an area in western Brittany.
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Greenland election: Opposition win casts doubt on mine
Greenland's main opposition party has won an election which could have major consequences for international interests in the Arctic. The left-wing Inuit Ataqatigiit, which opposes a mining project in southern Greenland, secured 37% of votes.
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93 Year Old Irish Soldier describes World War One, 1988
Dubliner Jack Campbell, Ireland's last "Old Contemptible" served in the Great War with four of his older brothers. He was gassed during the course of the war. He died in Leopardstown Hospital on the 18th November 1992 aged 97. Jack Campbell of The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 16th Irish Division on Irela
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The National Debt: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
The national debt has long been portrayed as a burden we’re placing on future generations. John Oliver discusses how national debt works, why people are so concerned about it, and why it might be more helpful that you think. Connect with Last Week Tonight online... Subscribe to the Last Week T
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Dinosaur-killing asteroid strike gave rise to Amazon rainforest
The asteroid impact that killed off the dinosaurs gave birth to our planet's tropical rainforests, a study suggests. Researchers used fossil pollen and leaves from Colombia to investigate how the impact changed South American tropical forests.
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158,962,555,217,826,360,000 (Enigma Machine) - Numberphile
The Nazi's Enigma Machine - and the mathematics behind it - was a crucial part of World War II. Flaw video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4V2bpZlqx8 More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Brown papers on ebay: bit.ly/brownpapers Dr James Grime demonstrates the machine and disc
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