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– I got 100 of my subscribers and gave them each $10,000. And I also rented one of the largest malls in the world and locked them inside. And for the next 10 hours, I’m gonna hunt them down. Run! Get outta here! Skedaddle! If I find them, I take my $10,000 back. If they …
Centuries ago, the Inca developed ingenuous suits of armor that could flex with the blows of sharp spears and maces, protecting warriors from even the fiercest physical attacks. These hardy structures were made not from iron or steel, but rather something unexpectedly soft: cotton. These thickly woven, layered quilts of cotton could distribute the energy …
Someone has tripped the magical alarms in the Element Temple. By the time you and the other monks arrive on the scene, you know you have a disaster on your hands. Overnight, four young apprentices broke into the temple’s inner chamber to steal the sacred element crystals. But when the alarm went off they panicked, …
Everything changed when the fire crystal got stolen – Alex Gendler 더 보기 »
In the 8th century CE, Vikings surged across the misty seas. They came from Scandinavia in Northern Europe but would travel far and wide. Some plundered and settled in the British Isles and France; others braved Artic exploration or forged clever new trade routes to the Middle East. With their steely navigational skills, advanced long-ships …
The secret messages of Viking runestones – Jesse Byock 더 보기 »
A new drug reduces the risk of heart attacks by 40%. Shark attacks are up by a factor of two. Drinking a liter of soda per day doubles your chance of developing cancer. These are all examples of relative risk, a common way risk is presented in news articles. Risk evaluation is a complicated tangle …
How good are you at calculating risk? – Gerd Gigerenzer 더 보기 »
In the depths of their underwater kingdom, the mighty Dragon Lords quaked with fear. Before them pranced Sun Wukong, the Monkey King. Story The legendary troublemaker been hatched from a stone, schooled in divine magic, and was currently brandishing the Dragon Lord’s most treasured weapon. This magical staff, originally large enough to measure the depth …
How the Monkey King escaped the underworld – Shunan Teng 더 보기 »
This is Mabel. Mabel is an aphid, a small insect in the same order as cicadas, stink bugs, and bed bugs. All these bugs pierce their prey and suck out vital fluids. Aphids’ prey are plants. And what aphids are after is buried within the plant, flowing in tubes made from single cells strung end-to-end. …
– We just landed in Antarctica, and we’re gonna survive the next 50 hours here. We’re literally at the bottom of the globe, at the coldest place on Earth. (bell dings) – Can’t wait to freeze to death. (plane engine hums) – And there goes the plane. Right, all right, see you later. And now …
In early 1828, Sojourner Truth approached the Grand Jury of Kingston, New York. She had no experience with the legal system, no money, and no power in the eyes of the court. Ignoring the jury’s scorn, Truth said she was there to fight for custody of her five-year-old son Peter, who’d been illegally sold to …
The electrifying speeches of Sojourner Truth – Daina Ramey Berry 더 보기 »
– Welcome to the 31st annual car Olympics. Today’s car sports include soccer, tag. Boxing. And my favorite hot dog eating. The car has one minute to eat all these hot dogs, let’s see if he can do it. Go, go, go. Wow, that’s a new world record, under six seconds he ate all the …
