In the darkest chapter of German history, during a time when incited mobs threw stones into the windows of innocent shop owners and women and children were cruelly humiliated in the open; Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a young pastor, began to speak publicly against the atrocities. After years of trying to change people’s minds, Bonhoeffer came…
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Our world is full of mysterious and strange things. (And I’m not talking about Big Foot or the Loch Ness Monster, either.) There are many things in our normal, every day lives that become so complicated when you attempt to explain them. However, if you look at those ideas in a certain way, everything will become clear… Like this! 1.)…
Read moreIn the second lecture of the 2019 Christmas Lectures, Hannah Fry shows how data-gobbling algorithms have taken over our lives and now control almost everything we do without us even realising. Watch more Christmas Lectures: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description Hannah Fry is the 2019 Christmas Lecturer. She is an Associate Professor in the Mathematics of Cities at the…
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This just in: science is pretty incredible. We discover so many new things about our planet and the space around it on a daily basis that can feel like your head is spinning faster than the Earth’s rotation. (Which, by the way, is about 1,000 miles per hour.) It’s easy to miss one or two things while…
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Before you slip into a pair of high heels for a holiday party, you should read this woman’s story. After a night of dancing in December 2008, Lorraine Burnett, now 37, got a blister that wouldn’t heal. Eventually, her lower leg had to be amputated. Burnett suffers from Type 2 diabetes, which often causes poor…
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For those of us who don’t live in or around deserts, it’s almost impossible to imagine the intensity and sheer scale of a real sandstorm. These things, while not as famously terrifying as tornados, can reach massive sizes and wreak their own special brand of havoc. For proof, just take a look at the video…
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Finally, it’s that time of year when everyone embraces the creepy parts of life: Halloween! You can tell it’s going to be a good one this year, because even the sun is getting into the spirit. That’s right. In pictures taken by NASA earlier this month, the active regions of the sun took the form…
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No one really likes cleaning. Sure, it’s a necessary part of life and you don’t really want to live in your own filth. But you also don’t really want to clean it up either. That’s why maid services make so much money these days. However, what if there was a different way to clean your…
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There are approximately 764,000 people in the United States living with cerebral palsy. It’s a debilitating disease that restricts muscle control, hinders motor skills and balance, and can even cause a speech impairment. While more than three out of every thousand babies are born with it, many still don’t know about the congenital disorder. Hunter…
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WARNING: if you’re a hypochondriac, you probably shouldn’t read this! In movies, sometimes a character will interrupt a conversation with a cough that seems innocent at the time, but sure enough, a few scenes later, everyone’s at that character’s funeral lamenting, “We should have seen the signs!” This is, of course, just a plot device,…
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