August 14, 2013

Video: The Shocking Cost of Food Waste

This video, commissioned by WWF Germany, will make you think twice about throwing away an apple.

This video, commissioned by WWF Germany, will make you think twice about throwing away an apple. The short film puts into perspective the cost of produced but uneaten food – a waste of water equivalent to the annual flow of the Mississippi River.

Watch here:

(h/t Upworthy)

a computer generated image of a human brain.

Thinking

The great free will debate featuring Michio Kaku and Steven Pinker

Who — or what — really controls your mind?

Building destroyed by the Halifax Explosion. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

The Past

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More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

a collage of photos of a man with a hat and a book.

High Culture

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a group of five matches on a pink background.

The Well

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If you don’t feel better after the weekend, the “burnout paradox” could explain why.

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Laurie Santos

Starts With A Bang

The trick to instantly identifying JWST images

If you can identify a foreground star, the spike patterns are a dead giveaway as to whether it’s a JWST image or any other observatory.

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