To give workers the best chance of finding dangerous lead in Flint, University of Michigan researchers turned to machine learning. Five years after the water crisis, some residents are reluctant to fully trust the technology. Read more on NOVA: https://to.pbs.org/2Pg029W
155 Irish soldiers versus thousands of Katangese and their mercenaries. Sounds like a losing battle, right? You’re correct – but what if the Irish had some whiskey…? “The siege of Jadotville was an engagement during the Congo Crisis in September 1961. “A” Company, 35th Battalion (UN service) of the Irish […]
Scientists race to understand and defeat the coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic. Tune in or stream “Decoding COVID-19” on Wednesday, May 13 at 9/8c on PBS to learn more: https://to.pbs.org/2xnYanv Thumbnail Image: Illustration of coronavirus structure Courtesy CDC/ Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAMS © 2020 WGBH Educational Foundation
Why are there stocks at all? Everyday in the news we hear about the stock exchange, stocks and money moving around the globe. Still, a lot of people don’t have an idea why we have stock markets at all, because the topic is usually very dry. We made a short […]
And the president is part of the problem. This is Part 3 of Vox Atlas: The Amazon, a three-part series about the world’s largest rainforest, why it’s in jeopardy, and the people trying to save it. Watch all three parts right here on YouTube. Part 1: https://youtu.be/SAZAKPUQMw0 Part 2: https://youtu.be/e1_4JseKlO4 […]
And why Lebanon is on the verge of collapse. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO On August 4, 2020, a massive explosion rocked Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon. The blast occurred when sparks in a warehouse hit a stockpile of ammonium nitrate — a highly explosive material — that was […]
And why the US wants inflation. Explained by fish. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The US government has sent checks to millions of Americans during the economic crisis caused by the pandemic. But some economists are concerned that all that government spending could lead to inflation. If everyone suddenly has […]
Why the US has so many undocumented immigrants. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Immigration looked very different before 1996, when President Bill Clinton signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA). The law was supposed to stop undocumented immigration by increasing enforcement and punishing people for being in […]
https://go.nebula.tv/philosophytube An odyssey into the NHS and why it treats trans patients so poorly https://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube Subscribe! http://tinyurl.com/pr99a46 Twitter: @PhilosophyTube Email: philosophytubebusiness@gmail.com Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/jgjek5w realphilosophytube.tumblr.com BIBLIOGRAPHY: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRRaC0-7ejSXkPaHwzPkLEGDDfztyGIpyhjoKv3aomkSZXBBT2mhZEXg4AW2pAmr8SvbpWNtL5GCoKj/pub CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 Prologue 0:01:17 1 – The Easy (& Wrong) Version 0:04:31 2 – Basic Training 0:09:47 3 – The Theatre of War 0:16:22 […]
