Simple Ideas, Scientific Discoveries (video)
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How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries - Adam Savage - YouTube:
"Adam Savage walks through two spectacular examples of profound scientific discoveries that came from simple, creative methods anyone could have followed -- Eratosthenes' calculation of the Earth's circumference around 200 BC and Hippolyte Fizeau's measurement of the speed of light in 1849. Lesson by Adam Savage, animation by TED-Ed."
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School districts in many states still don't have the funding to ensure a
safe environment for teachers and staff.
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Google Cloud puts its Kubernetes Engine on autopilot
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(GKE) that turns over the management of much of the day-to-day operations
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CD Projekt Red is now "aiming for release in the second half of March."
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What's New on Netflix in March 2021
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podcast mark...
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A few Comments on January New Home Sales
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Morrison’s JobSeeker boost is stingy, mean and bad for the economy
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last year. Why I’m being targeted like this is a mystery, especially when
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A New Generation of Wi-Fi to Improve Your Home Network
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The technology, Wi-Fi 6, is designed to reduce congestion from devices. We
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Smart, diverse teachers
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Teacher diversity and academic aptitude are not conflicting goals,
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How tiny bioelectronic implants may someday replace pharmaceutical drugs
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- Bioelectronic medicine is an emerging field that focuses on
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Next Relief Package Must Be Large Enough to Fight Virus, Relieve Hardship
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As policymakers debate the scope of the next federal response to COVID-19
and the economic crisis, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected a
str...
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Three steps to keep your YouTube account secure
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Current chairman Xu Zhijun said Huawei is working on millimeter-wave radar
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The 'Only' Profession to 'Celebrate What It Means to Live a Life'
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In another strange sign of the mounting culture wars, Viola Davis’s
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The search for the best middle-class tax cut
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Cooper, who has an OBE for services to literature, has attacked David
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IBM buys Ustream: is it a workforce communication play?
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IBM has added Ustream to a long list of video technology company
acquisitions in the recent past -- like Clearleap acquired last month --
buying the stream...
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The World's Billionaires
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