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From Insider. USA women’s water polo won gold at the London 2012 and 2016 Olympics. At Tokyo 2020, the team was ready to win big again. But because of COVID, the games were postponed, and the world’s best team wasn’t able to play a game against another professional team for 13 months. We spent a…
From VICE News. In this first episode of ‘Bad Goods’, VICE News dives deep into illegal pangolin trafficking in Nigeria and China. ‘Bad Goods’ is a documentary series for Vice News looking at the worldwide illicit trade market, from wildlife trafficking, counterfeit item selling and sand mining. It will follow key people, from enforcement to…
From VICE News. VICE News’ Gianna Toboni takes a look at Stewart Detention Center, where 8 detainees have died while in custody since 2017. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/vicenews More videos from the VICE network:…
From Bloomberg. For decades, scientists have been trying to build a long-lasting replacement for the human heart. Now, an Australian inventor believes he’s cracked one of the hardest problems in medicine. #Prognosis #Science #BloombergQuicktake ——– Like this video? Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Quicktake Member for exclusive perks: http://www.youtube.com/bloomberg/join Subscribe to Quicktake Explained: https://bit.ly/3iERrup QuickTake Originals…
From Wall Street Journal. Covid-19’s Delta variant is proliferating world-wide threatening unvaccinated populations and economic recovery. WSJ breaks down events in key countries to explain why Delta spreads faster than previously detected strains. Composite: Sharon Shi More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://www.wsj.com Visit the WSJ Video Center: https://wsj.com/video On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/wsj/videos/ On…
From VICE News. It’s been over two decades since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement ended the violent conflict in Northern Ireland known euphemistically as “the troubles.” But earlier this year the country saw some of the worst unrest in recent years, with rioting spreading to multiple towns and cities across the country. One…
From Wired. ‘Old’ director M. Night Shyamalan takes the WIRED Autocomplete Interview and answers the internet’s most searched questions about himself. What does the M. stand for in M. Night? Is M. Night Shyamalan in ‘Unbreakable’? Where did he go to high school? Is ‘Signs’ a religious movie? M. Night answers all these questions and…
From Business Insider. Lock & Co. Hatters in London has been designing and selling high quality hats since 1676. It has served celebrities and royalty throughout history, withstood a bombing in WWII, and now survived the Covid-19 pandemic which was the first time in history it had to close its doors. MORE STILL STANDING VIDEOS:…
From VICE News. ‘Bad Goods’ is a documentary series for Vice News looking at the worldwide illicit trade market, from wildlife trafficking, counterfeit item selling and sand mining. It will follow key people, from enforcement to traffickers, at the heart of the trade and explore what is behind the demand for illicit products. Subscribe to…
From Seeker. What exactly is going on with Jupiter’s crazy winds? And why are they even worth exploring? Let’s find out. » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker (then hit the little 🔔 icon and select "all.") » Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist » Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com For the first time ever, scientists were able to…
From Insider. Some objects, like paper bags, ice cubes, and pool balls, make an unexpected amount of noise. This can be a big problem on set, as any of these unwanted sounds can get in the way of dialogue. To ensure the sound team gets the best sound possible, the prop team will create silent…
From VICE News. After Katharine Lee got her COVID-19 vaccine, she noticed an unusual side effect: a heavier period. She shared her observation with a fellow anthropologist, Kathryn Clancy, who had the same reaction. Clancy posted her findings on Twitter and the tweet went viral––apparently, they weren’t alone in this: thousands of people were experiencing…
From Business Insider. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, we are ready for a frank discussion between regulators and health tech pioneers on regulating developing technology. On July 29, "Regulating Healthcare at the Speed of Life, a digital event presented by Healthy.io, will discuss how regulators can keep up with health tech innovation and how it can…
From Wall Street Journal. The Tokyo Games are on track to be the most expensive summer Olympics ever, with the pandemic adding to mounting economic losses. WSJ unpacks the financial costs. Image: Behrouz Mehri/AFP via Getty Images More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://www.wsj.com Visit the WSJ Video Center: https://wsj.com/video On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/wsj/videos/…
From VICE News. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is a former federal prosecutor whose family brought him to the U.S. from Cuba as an infant, and is the first immigrant and Latino to lead the agency. Since taking office, Mayorkas has made combating domestic violent extremism one of the agency’s top priorities. VICE News sat…
From Wired. Emily Kuhn, a former gymnast and current physics PhD student at Yale University, explains all the math behind the amazing flips and turns we see during the Olympic gymnastics competitions. Emily explains why "The Biles" tumbling routine is so difficult as well as the types of forces acting on these gymnasts every time…
From VICE News. Yet another (cat)strophe is coming to head in Hawaii. There are too many feral cats roaming what’s considered the ‘extinction capital of the U.S’. But animal advocates can’t agree on how to control the outdoor cat population. Many conservationists insist on an unpopular but necessary solution: removing cats from the landscape. But…
From Business Insider. One Dutch company is making vegan leather from mangoes that would otherwise be thrown away. The cofounders hope it will reduce food waste while making the leather industry more environmentally friendly. MORE WORLD WIDE WASTE VIDEOS: How Rotting Vegetables Make Electricity | World Wide Waste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1adiK8nLbA How Plastic Made With Algae Can…
From VICE News. More than 80 people were killed when the Myanmar military launched an assault on pro-democracy protesters in the city of Bago in early April. We pieced together social media posts and witness testimony to investigate how this massacre unfolded. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com…
From Wired. 6-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Allyson Felix answers the internet’s burning questions about track and sprinting. Do sprinters and distance runners really dislike each other? Is the 400 meter really that painful? What’s a good 40-yard-dash time? Why do sprinters start with their left foot? Allyson answers all these questions and much more! Still…
From Bloomberg. After a year working from home, employees emboldened with a sense of independence are demanding fairness and autonomy in the workplace, and companies are taking note. One strategy long embraced by Buenos Aires-based software company 10Pines has employees deciding what co-workers get paid. Though fairly unique, it’s just one template for how radical…
From Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal created dozens of automated accounts that watched hundreds of thousands of videos to reveal how the social network knows you so well A Wall Street Journal investigation found that TikTok only needs one important piece of information to figure out what you want: the amount of time…
From Vox. Do you want kids? Why can’t we sleep? Is city noise making us sick? Is therapy for everyone? How should doctors consider race? Glad You Asked tackles these questions and more in five all-new episodes. Throughout, we’ll explore how society affects our health and lifestyles — from how we can make parenting easier…
From Seeker. In recent months, the Delta variant has been linked to a resurgence of COVID infections and is on track to become the dominant variant worldwide. But what exactly sets this so-called super spreader variant apart from all the rest? » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker (then hit the little 🔔 icon and select "all.")…
From Wall Street Journal. How the Blue Origin founder funded a space mission Amazon founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos successfully completed the first manned mission of Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft. In this video, WSJ looks back at the remarkable career of the world’s richest man. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images More from the Wall…
From VICE News. Record-breaking heatwaves across the Pacific Northwest have put homeless people in an increasingly dire situation. VICE News went to Sacramento, California to see how the unsheltered community is coping with the high temperatures, and with few resources. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE…
From VICE News. On July 7, Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise was assassinated in his home. His death is likely to further disrupt the security situation in Port-au-Prince, where entire neighborhoods are controlled by gangs with alleged links to Moise’s government. VICE News spends time with the police and the gangs battling it out in Haiti’s…
From Insider. Sushi master Endo Kazutoshi looks at nine sushi scenes from popular TV shows and movies and rates them based on realism. He looks at "John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum" (2019), "The Sopranos" S6 E1 (2006), "Gintama" episode 120 (2008), "Billions" S2E2 (2017), "East Side Sushi" (2014), "Isle of Dogs" (2018), "Samurai Gourmet"…
From Wired. The cast of Netflix’s ‘Never Have I Ever’ answer the web’s most searched questions about ‘Never Have I Ever’ and themselves. Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Darren Barnet, Ramona Young, Jaren Lewison, Lee Rodriguez, and Megan Suri get together to answer questions like: Does Maitreyi play the harp? What’s Darren’s Snapchat? What grade is Paxton in?…
From Wall Street Journal. On Tuesday, Jeff Bezos and three other passengers successfully crossed the Karman Line, an imaginary boundary considered by many the beginning of space, a few miles higher than Richard Branson’s recent Virgin Galactic flight. Photo: Blue Origin via AP More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://www.wsj.com Visit the WSJ…
From Cheddar. If you’re one of the 72% of Americans taking a road trip this year, don’t forget your toll passes—plural. There are, after all, over 130 toll systems across 34 states, so you better be prepared. Technically, by now, you should be able to have just one transponder. Congress passed a law in 2012…
From Seeker. Vaginal itching? Funky odor? Abnormal discharge? All of these changes are influenced by the vaginal microbiome, the community of bacteria that’s meant to protect you from infection. Here’s your crash course. » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker (then hit the little 🔔 icon and select "all.") » Watch more Body Language! http://bit.ly/BodyLanguagePlaylist » Visit…
From Bloomberg. On July 20, Jeff Bezos will go to space the old-fashioned way: on the end of a rocket. The New Shepard spacecraft by Blue Origin will lift off at Bezos’s ranch in West Texas, travel 62 miles overhead and then detach a crew capsule in which Bezos, his brother Mark, and two passengers…
From Bloomberg. While the “15-minute city” model promotes neighborhood-level urban planning, Sweden is pursuing a hyper-local twist: a scheme to redesign every street in the nation. #Sweden #Gamechangers #BloombergQuicktake ——– Like this video? Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Quicktake Member for exclusive perks: http://www.youtube.com/bloomberg/join Subscribe to Quicktake Explained: https://bit.ly/3iERrup QuickTake Originals is Bloomberg’s official premium video…
From Wired. Astronaut Mike Massimino attempts to explain what Jeff Bezos’s space flight will be like, in just about the same amount of it will take for Jeff to take the flight. The Blue Origin flight lasts about 11 minutes, there’s no pilots and it’s totally automated. Mike breaks down all the steps of the…
From Wall Street Journal. Budget reconciliation may offer Democrats a way to sidestep some partisan gridlock and advance President Biden’s policy objectives. WSJ explains how the process works and why divisions in the party could scuttle the process. Photo Illustration: Carlos Waters / WSJ More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://www.wsj.com Visit the…
From Science Insider. Otolaryngologists Erich Voigt and Jacqueline Jones debunk 11 myths about the ear and nose. They talk about how to properly stop a nosebleed, clean your ears, and protect yourself from hearing loss. They also explain that earwax is good for your ears — it has antimicrobial properties that protect the insides of…
From VICE News. Virtual restaurants started showing up on delivery apps about five years ago. And in that time, digital ordering and delivery has grown three times as fast as dining in. VICE News reports on how this could affect the restaurant industry. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more:…
From Business Insider. We got an inside look at what it’s like on the first day for new freshmen, known as cadets, at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. In-Processing Day, or "I-Day," marks the beginning of these cadets’ journey to becoming members of the "Long Blue Line" that represents Air Force officers.…
From VICE News. When governments close down a border, that doesn’t mean people stop crossing — it just means crossing comes at a terrible cost. For Border to Border (Colombia-Venezuela: Part 2), David Noriega explores one of the largest mass displacements in modern history. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for…
From VICE News. Governor Greg Abbott called for a special session in the Texas state legislature this month, with items like election integrity, transgender youth in sports, and abortion on the agenda. Democrats are outnumbered in both chambers, and it seemed like a bill that would make it harder for people to vote would inevitably…
From VICE News. Aaron Gekosky, an acclaimed environmental photojournalist and filmmaker talks about his experience covering the dark world of wildlife tourism. When you are on the front line, picking up a camera can often result in an image that immortalises a moment in time. From pictures captured during armed conflict to anti-facist protests, global…
From Business Insider. From lotus silk to stone crabs. From eels in Japan to leather in Tuscany. We searched the earth to discover the stories behind some of the most valuable items. 00:00 Intro 00:00:26 – 00:06:54 Agarwood 00:06:47 – 00:12:18 Lotus Silk 00:12:18 – 00:19:07 Gongs 00:19:07 – 00:25:07 Chickens 00:25:07 – 00:30:16 Coconut…
From VICE News. In this episode of Field Notes, we talk to the team that set out to untangle the bureaucratic nightmare that’s keeping an overlooked group, adults living with disabilities, from getting the care they desperately need. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here:…
From Wired. Three-time Olympian & Olympic Gold Medalist Dominique Dawes answers the internet’s burning questions about gymnastics. How do they do actually do all those crazy flips? Why is there a bottle of honey in the chalk tub? Is Simone Biles even human? Dominque answers all these questions and much more! Golden: The Journey of…
From VICE News. A Ugandan warlord from one of Africa’s most notorious rebel movements was sentenced to 25 years in prison by the International Criminal Court. Dominic Ongwen was a commander in the Lord’s Resistance Army – or LRA – whose fugitive leader Joseph Kony is one of the world’s most-wanted war crimes suspects. Abducted…
From VICE News. “We strongly condemn this as a political assassination, and have been contributing everything we can from Colombia from the start.” Colombia is denying any military involvement in the Haitian president’s assassination. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews…
From Business Insider. Saied Hussain has been hand making tiles out of cement for over 50 years. He says he’s one of the last still doing this work in Egypt — most other workshops couldn’t withstand competition from marble and ceramic tiles. We went to Cairo to see how his business is still standing. Saied…
From VICE News. We’ve become accustomed to seeing members of the public use their cell phones to film police officers on duty. Now, we’re starting to see cops pull out theirs, but it isn’t to record. They’re playing copyrighted music in an apparent attempt to exploit copyright filters. Dexter Thomas explains. Subscribe to VICE News…
From Insider. Since it was founded in 2008, Shein has grown to be a $15 billion company, generating an estimated $10 billion in revenue annually. The Chinese fast-fashion giant reportedly adds 2,000 new styles a day. From its dirt-cheap prices to its collaborations with TikTok stars like Addison Rae, here are all the sneaky ways…
From Wall Street Journal. NASA is planning two missions to Venus to assess if the now-toxic planet once had an ocean, continents and life. Scientists are beginning the effort on Earth by training sensors and machine learning systems to analyze the building blocks of our own planet. Photo illustration: Laura Kammermann More from the Wall…
From Bloomberg. Linking computers to human minds has long been a staple of science fiction. But now it’s closer to reality, with huge implications for healthcare, technology, and even the future of the species. #Science #Prognosis #BloombergQuicktake ——– Like this video? Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Quicktake Member for exclusive perks: http://www.youtube.com/bloomberg/join Subscribe to Quicktake Explained:…
From Seeker. In 2019, after years of waiting, 5G wireless networks and devices finally became a reality. So, when are we getting 6G? C’mon, we’re bored already. » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker (then hit the little 🔔 icon and select "all.") » Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist » Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com To state the…
From VICE News. A Trump supporting Pennsylvania state senator wants to do an “audit” of the 2020 election. But the state attorney general promises that it won’t happen. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/vicenews More videos…
From VICE News. The French military has been in Mali for more than eight years as part of Operation Barkhane, a mission to fight against Islamic extremism in the Sahel. But instead of getting rid of the terrorist threat in the north, violence has simply bled into the other parts of the country. That’s because…
From Wall Street Journal. The twists and turns of the online brokerage’s path to a public offering The brokerage app Robinhood has transformed retail trading. WSJ explains its rise amidst a series of legal investigations and regulatory challenges as it looks forward to its IPO. Photo illustration: Jacob Reynolds/WSJ WSJ Explains News moves fast, and…
From VICE News. A perfect storm of deportations and pop culture created a violent U.S. inspired gang culture, and Belize is reeling from a spate of recent killings. Read more about this here: https://bit.ly/3elWVao Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews…
From Business Insider. In a world filled with garbage, power plants run on rotten vegetables, plastic is made from avocado pits, and computer parts are a gold mine. These are the big ideas on how to tackle the 2 billion tons of trash people produce every year. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:26 Chopstick Furniture 00:06:05 Incense Flowers…
From VICE News. The Department of Defense has shaped its own image in pop culture for decades. Any production that wants to borrow military technology or man-power on-screen has to go through the DoD Entertainment office. In exchange for DoD’s resources, DoD gets script approval. VNT meets the Chief of DoD Entertainment Media and tells…
From VICE News. It’s not easy being a major oil or gas company these days, what with so many people catching on to the pesky fact that burning fossil fuels is the main driver of climate change. The industry needs to do some serious image rebranding, and that’s where greenwashing comes in! Mike Kalenderian takes…