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From Vox. Quiet Storm is a late-night Black radio staple. Link to the extended interview with Fredara Hadley: https://youtu.be/QjAd49e0H8s Subscribe and turn on notifications (đ ) so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Late one evening in the summer of 1976, a Howard University student named Melvin Lindsey was tapped to fill in as a…
From Seeker. The long-awaited results from Fermilab’s g-2 experiment are finally here…and they confirm that the Standard Modelâyou know, the one that aims to explain the forces that shape our universeâmay need some major reworking. » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Watch more Elements! http://bit.ly/ElementsPlaylist » Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com The muon is one…
From VICE News. While Thailand is widely known for its red-light districts and friendliness towards LGBTQ tourists, itâs also home to some very conservative laws. Certain drugs, gambling, prostitution, and vaping are illegal in Thailand. Sex toys are banned too â and violators can face up to three years in jail and a fine of…
From VICE News. On this episode of Do Your Research, we dig into what exactly a vaccine passport is and why the idea of it is so controversial in the US. 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:…
From Insider. Former Black Panther Party leader Elaine Brown rates six Black Panther Party scenes in movies for realism. Brown joined the Black Panther Party in 1968 and was the acting chair of the party from 1974 to 1977 while Black Panther cofounder Huey Newton was in self-imposed exile in Cuba. The Black Panther Party…
From Wall Street Journal. Big Tech Fight Night: Cook vs. Zuck A new privacy feature in Appleâs iOS 14.5 requires apps to request permission to track you. And Facebook isnât happy about it. WSJâs Joanna Stern put Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Apple CEO Tim Cook into the ring to explain why this software update…
From VICE News. Isobel Yeung explores how the escalation in Yemen’s conflict is impacting its most vulnerable citizensâ children. 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: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo #VICENews #News
From Cheddar. Maybe the biggest constraint on the urban U.S. housing market, a $61 billion annual industry, is the amount of available space. In response, developers and architects have been searching for creative solutions to zoning regulations. What started as a creative solution is now the standard blueprint for all modern apartment construction. Cheddar explains…
From Bloomberg. English football has never seen so many U.S. investors, and that has fans nervous. The Premier League is widely regarded as the best in the world. Itâs also a market with potentially huge returns, given its global fan base. Nevertheless, itâs still cheaper to buy a U.K. football team than a big pro-sports…
From VICE News. In 2005, Moosa Mohammed was campaigning for human rights in his home country of Bahrain when he was kidnapped, beaten and sexually assaulted by masked men. He escaped and received asylum in the UK, where he has lived in exile ever since. He has continued to demonstrate against Bahraini human rights abuses…
From Seeker. In 2018, Ben Lecomte attempted a historic first – swimming across the Pacific Ocean. The expedition resulted in the collection of invaluable scientific data that could help find a solution for the plastic pollution problem in our oceans. Streaming now on @discovery plus . Terms apply. http://bit.ly/dplus-yt » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker »…
From VICE News. Lake Malawi is Africaâs third largest lake and home to more than 1,000 species of fish. But in the last 20 years, experts say the amount of fish has dropped by 90 percent – here’s how it’s affecting Malawi residents. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more:…
From VICE News. A hard fought campaign to establish the first union at an Amazon facility in the United States is done– for now. Amazon employees at a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama voted not to unionize. But the workers who started the union drive say it wasnât a fair fight. And thereâs nothing stopping them…
From Wall Street Journal. The listing of Coinbase, the largest bitcoin exchange in the U.S., introduces a new way to invest in cryptocurrencies. WSJ explains how Coinbase is trying to distance itself from the risks of bitcoin to succeed on Wall Street. Photo illustration: George Downs More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://www.wsj.com…
From Verge Science. As we begin to creep back to work, restaurants, and theaters, we want to know how much potentially diseased breath we are rebreathing. Armed with a CO2 monitor we went to places we frequently visit to see just how much breath is in the air. Is this the best way to monitor?…
From Bloomberg. Part social gathering spaces, part retail meccas, malls were once the centerpiece of the suburban American experience. Now, faced with challenges from all sides, most are barely hanging on. Here’s what happened to American malls. #Shopping #TheBreakdown #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 QuickTake…
From VICE News. What happens when the person abusing you works for the very organisation that is meant to protect you? When she was just an intern at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Alexandra Heal uncovered a shocking story of how police officers abuse their partners – and get away with it. Through speaking to…
From VICE News. Over 30 million people in the US have suffered with an eating disorder at some point in their lives — here’s how some have coped with it during the pandemic. 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:…
From Wall Street Journal. The coronavirus pandemic disrupted the global economy in ways that may affect your 2020 taxes. WSJ tax reporter Richard Rubin shares his tips for this unusual tax season. Photo illustration:Laura Kammermann 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 Twitter:…
From Cheddar. Throughout the 1900s hospitals incorporated new technology, advanced medicine, and now standard practices aimed at improving the condition of hospitalized patients. But one thing was overlooked: design. Today, research has emerged that suggest the widely accepted hospital layout is actually hindering patient outcomes. Further reading: Smithsonian Mag https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-fresh-air-went-out-fashion-hospitals-180963710/ Cleveland.com https://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/2010/09/blueprint_for_healing_–_hospi.html WHO https://www.who.int/gpsc/country_work/gpsc_ccisc_fact_sheet_en.pdf NY…
From The Atlantic. The pandemic has exacerbated inequalities that Black Americans have battled for centuriesâin health care, housing, education, and the workforce. Where do we go from here? Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge, Raphael Bostic, and others join Atlantic staff for Progress Report: The State of the Black Community. Watch now:
From VICE News. Wars never really end, because grief never really ends, and because sometimes hate doesnât, either. The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh might be over, but thereâs still so much work to do to get to peace. Right now, the US is pushing Azerbaijan to hand over about 50 prisoners of war that itâs now…
From Seeker. About one in five fish sold around the world are captured illegally. But proving that a fish was poached can be especially difficult once it gets to shore. Now, a new device is taking forensics to a genetic level allowing field experts to crack down on shark poaching. » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker…
From VICE News. On this episode of Do Your Research, we take a look at the history of ‘satanic panic’ in pop culture. 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: https://www.fb.com/vicevideo…
From Insider. Presented by the All-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E. From people who harvest giant blocks of marble to master Lego builders to people who can make babies cry in movies, there are a lot of fascinating and unexpected jobs out there. But just because you haven’t heard of them, that doesn’t mean you haven’t seen…
From RETRO REPORT. Senator Joseph McCarthy used bold accusations and populist appeal to fuel Americansâ fear about the spread of communism in the 1950s. He met his match in a hard-hitting journalist, Edward R. Murrow, whose television commentary was sharply critical of McCarthyism. Our new Cold War series will be used in Gilder Lehrmanâs free…
From Business Insider. Sponsor Content created by Insider Studios with Lenovo Meet Dr. Tran Tu Huynh: Engineer, breast cancer surgeon, and founder of OpticSurg, a telehealth startup on a mission to provide surgeons with lifesaving technology. Tu and her diverse team of experts are reshaping the future of patient care with tools like Vision Beyond,…
From VICE News. As the world reels from the coronavirus Vice World News looks at how the World Health Organisation has been hollowed out from within â leaving the world needlessly and catastrophically vulnerable to new diseases like COVID-19. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News…
From Wall Street Journal. An average of 30 container ships a day have been stuck outside the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach just waiting to deliver their goods. The backlog is part of a global supply-chain mess spurred by the pandemic that means consumers could see delivery delays for weeks. Photo Composite: Adam…
From Vox. How centuries of division built one of the most unequal countries on earth. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO For decades, South Africa was under apartheid: a series of laws that divided people by race. Then, in the 1990s, those laws were dismantled. But many of the barriers they created continue to divide South…
From Seeker. The Yurok tribe live along the Klamath river and for decades they’ve been fighting to keep their livelihood. With extraordinary resilience and community effort, they’ve not only provided their own food source but won a long-deserved battle. » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com » Catch up on Seeker…
From RETRO REPORT. A U.S.-Soviet competition in science and engineering took off in 1957 with the launch of Russiaâs Sputnik satellite, and culminated in 1969 with the U.S. landing the first humans on the Moon in the Apollo 11 mission. Our new Cold War series will be used in Gilder Lehrmanâs free online course for…
From VICE News. We talk to the team that reported for weeks from the USâMexico border, talking to folks whoâve spent years trying to legally cross and are hoping that a new administration means this is their time. We’ll also talk to the team dispatched to Somalia, riding along with the US-trained special forces unit…
From Science Insider. A wasp’s nest is a complex structure that is a specialized nursery for all aerial-nest-building wasp species. These nests are easily identifiable â most of us have seen one at one time or another hanging from the outside of your home or on a tree. While these structures may look relatively simple,…
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From Business Insider. A biotech company in upstate New York designs products made from the root structures of mushrooms. It takes about a week to grow their alternative to styrofoam packaging. And their vegan meat can be sliced into whole cuts and crisps up like bacon when fried.â MORE WORLD WIDE WASTE VIDEOS: Mushroom Coffins…
From VICE News. David Noriega investigates how the private prison industry pushes back against its critics to protect profits, and what prison companies are doing to survive. 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…
From VICE News. Laurel Chor reports from inside Hong Kong and meets the lawmakers and activists risking their lives to maintain the freedoms and civil liberties that Beijing is targeting. 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…
From Business Insider. In 2017, a single violin bow sold at auction for $690,000. You can buy a beginner’s bow for less than $50, but a top-rate professional bow can often cost thousands of dollars. A bow like this is completely handcrafted by skilled artisans. And just one can take an entire week to make.…
From VICE News. Felipe Dana has documented some of the world’s most hostile environments; from gang-occupied favelas in his native Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to the war on ISIS in Iraq. 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:…
From VICE News. A new rebel movement in the Central African Republic is pushing to take the capital and has displaced over 400,000 people along the way. And government has enlisted shadowy Russian mercenaries to fight back. VICE News travels to rebel territory to meet players on both sides and the civilians caught in between.…
From Quartz. Thanks to unprecedented investment and collaboration between governments and the pharmaceutical industry, Covid-19 vaccines were developed in record time. Our current challenge is distributing them quickly and fairly. How can governments and companies work together to speed up drug development and distribution, strengthen supply chains, prevent shortages, and encourage public acceptance of vaccines?…
From VICE News. One of the most important rules governing American life isnât a law, or a Constitutional amendment. Itâs a wonky little parliamentary procedure called the filibuster. And itâs one of Washingtonâs favorite ways to turn campaign promises into broken dreams. Democrats are mulling plans to reform the filibuster and maybe even someday kill…
From VICE News. The first powered aircraft humanity has ever sent to another planet is about to take flight. At least, that’s the plan. In just a few days, all eyes will be on the Red Planet to see if the Ingenuity helicopter can really fly. NASA systems engineer Farah Alibay shares how, and why,…
From Wall Street Journal. NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter, which was carried to Mars by the Perseverance rover, is set for the first ever flight on the red planet. WSJ goes inside the company that partnered with NASA to design and build an aircraft for a completely different atmosphere from Earth. Photo: NASA/JPL More from the Wall…
From Bloomberg. The mRNA technology at the heart of two Covid-19 shots has been decades in the making. Now it may soon be used to fight cancer and HIV. #Prognosis #Vaccine #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 QuickTake Originals is Bloomberg’s official premium video channel. We…
From Vox. Subscribe and turn on notifications (đ) so you don’t miss the new Earworm videos this month: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Voxâs Earworm, a video series that dives deep into the origin stories of sounds in pop music, is back with two new episodes in April. On Friday the 16th and 23rd weâll drop two stories about…
From Seeker. Long considered one of the brightest stars in the night sky, Betelgeuse has begun to dramatically fade then brighten again for reasons we canât quite pin down. And itâs caused some people to wonder if it’s about to explode. » Catch up on Constellations! https://bit.ly/3uKysSS » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Visit our…
From VICE News. Wars never really end, because grief never really ends, and because sometimes hate doesnât, either. The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh might be over, but thereâs still so much work to do to get to peace. Right now, the US is pushing Azerbaijan to hand over about 50 prisoners of war that itâs now…
From VICE News. VICE News heads to Detroit, MI, where thousands of students have been missing since the beginning of the school year, to see why these rates are so high and hear how the pandemic has created barriers to learning.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. Weâre experiencing a horrible wave of violence against Asian Americans. A lot of blame has been placed at the feet of former President Trump, for good reason. But harmful, vilifying stereotypes of Asian people, go way back, and theyâre so pervasiveâŠthat theyâve become movie tropes. Nancy Wang Yuen, Associate Professor of Sociology…
From Wired. What’s the worst part of any microwave? The timer! All that time we spend just waiting for our microwaves to finish cooking…but what if that waiting was just a bit more fun? What if we could play video games while we wait? YouTuber, engineer, and maker-extraordinaire Allen Pan puts together a dream appliance,…
From Science Insider. An American company is growing chicken in a lab in a bid to solve the challenge of feeding meat to the nearly 8 billion people on this planet. MORE FOOD SCIENCE VIDEOS: How 13 Veggie Burgers Compare To Real Meat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pZPP_AsJE8 The Bugs That Turn Strawberry Yogurt Red https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrAcq6ZZykI The Best Vegan…
From Insider. Villains don’t always wear a black cowboy hat, twirl a mustache, or have a scar across their face. While older movies tended to be very clear about who the bad guy was supposed to be, many newer movies and TV shows do the complete opposite. They hide the villain among the good guys…
From VICE News. One of the most important parts in building an electric vehicle is the battery, and the two biggest manufacturers of those batteries are locked in an IP dispute that could make it harder for American automakers to get them. LG claims that SK poached dozens of employees from their battery division in…
From Wall Street Journal. Lucid, Fisker, Rivian and Canoo are among the well-funded startups racing to release new electric vehicles. WSJ asked CEOs and industry insiders how new auto companies plan to challenge Teslaâs market dominance and take on legacy car makers. Photo composite: George Downs More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://www.wsj.com…
From Business Insider. With a price tag of just over $100 million, the F-35B from Lockheed Martin is equipped with the most powerful engine of any jet in the world, as well as the most advanced sensor suite of any fighter jet in history. The Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort, South Carolina, is the…
From Cheddar. The U.S. has always lagged behind more than two dozen countries in building anything resembling high-speed rail. Many hope that part of Bidenâs latest $2 trillion infrastructure plan would help fund construction for a decades-old proposal for a 200 mph high-speed line that could take passengers from Boston to New York City in…
From Bloomberg. There’s an elemental conflict in modern college sports. The NCAA is a multi-billion dollar behemoth, yet the athletes responsible for all that revenue make nothing. That may be about to change. Between a pending U.S. Supreme Court ruling, proposed federal legislation and fallout from the pandemic, the tipping point in this long, tortured…
From Business Insider. Cars in Tunisia are among the highest priced in the world. Tunisians are paying almost twice the market value for a used car. We dive into why cars in Tunisia are so expensive. MORE SO EXPENSIVE VIDEOS: Why Black Opal Is So Expensive | So Expensive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA9wxEbnhVU Why Donkey Cheese Is So…