The habitat banker
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Our planet is in serious trouble. There are a million species of plants and
animals in danger of extinction, and the biggest cause is companies
destroying ...
The Harvard Plan: The Universities Are The Enemy
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Donald Trump has a big plan to remake American universities. On this week’s
On the Media, hear how the distinctly American idea of “diversity” has
fallen...
Splurging on Super Saturday
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Felicity Hannah and the panel discuss the week's news, plus car production
figures, Super Saturday and the Christmas number one.
Skeptoid #967: Cryonics: A Chilling Prospect
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Cryonics promises an opportunity for you to be frozen and revived at some
distant point in the future — though with plenty of controversy.
849: The Narrator
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Banias is an 8-year-old kid living in Gaza. And she has a story to tell —
many stories, in fact.
Visit thisamericanlife.org/lifepartners to sign up for ...
How I learned to stop screaming and love teaching
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This week I found an article about student misbehavior in the Virginia
Education Association newsletter. (see screencaps at the bottom if the PDF
is diffic...
Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World
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Japan is the forge of the world’s fantasies: karaoke and the Walkman, manga
and anime, Pac-Man and Pokémon and Hello Kitty, online argots like selfies
and ...
News Post: Underground Tour
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Tycho: When I was pulling up our Gran Turismo 7 video to link it, I ended
up skipping through a few parts of it to appreciate just how otherworldly
some as...
How to Do Cross Product Calculator
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The vector thing, or cross thing, of two vectors is a vector. If C is the
vector consequence of An and B, we form
Imagine a repairman turning a wrench t...
Mix: The Best of Shibuya-kei, Volume One
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The time has been right for a new mix that showcases, celebrates, and
reintroduces the best tracks from Shibuya-kei’s peak years: dj david, mon
amour - “Th...
15.11.42
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Church bells rung this morning – in celebration of the victory in Egypt.
[1] The first time that I have heard them in over two years. [1] Following
the att...
Japan's IT Exodus: A Personal Perspective (Part 2)
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Japanese blogger and programmer Ryo Asai describes the cultural differences
between his previous workplace, a Japanese system integration company, and
his ...
Capitol Crimes
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With disgraced lobbyist back in the news and on the big screen in Alex
Gibney's new film, CASINO JACK, we re-present Bill Moyers 2006 in-depth
exploration ...
Obama the Sphinx
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President Obama officially launched his push for peace in the Middle East
yesterday, sending his new envoy George Mitchell to the region and
declaring his ...
Why Do Americans Still Hate Welfare?
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"Welfare" remains a charged word in the American lexicon, even though it's
rarely talked about as a political issue any more. But why?
Dmitry and Brian
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Things in Russia played out very predictably last week. On May 7, Dmitry
Medvedev, the former pipeline CEO and presidential aide who Vladimir Putin
had chr...