Category: Misc
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Terraforming Mars
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Comet Ice
[…] Could I cool down the Earth by capturing a comet and dropping it in the ocean, like an ice cube in a glass of water? Daniel Becker No. In fact, it’s honestly sort of impressive to find a solution that would actively make the problem worse in so many different ways. […] Outer space…
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The lifecycle of of SARS-CoV-2 – Covid-19
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Best Before labels are causing food waste
Do you know the difference between ‘Best Before’ and ‘Sell By’? ‘Display Until’ and ‘Use By’? Many of us don’t, and it’s causing a whopping ten per cent of Europe’s food waste – 9,000,000 tonnes across Europe each year. Source: TooGoodToGo
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Third Place
I guess that’s one thing that I do miss in Singapore: informal places that are affordable (almost everything here costs money) and that are not shopping malls (exactly what he mentions in the video). Sure, there are bars, but they are usually expensive and atas, and not the place people go for an informal chitchat…
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What if a supernova hits earth?
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Japanese produce lumber without cutting trees: Daisugi
[…] Shoots from the base of the tree are pruned so that the trunk stays straight. […] The technique results in a harvest of straight logs without having to cut down the entire tree. Although originally a forestry management technique, daisugi has also found its way into Japanese gardens. Daisugi Not the most exciting narrators,…
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Free speech
I specifically disagree with his stance on free speech, because I think that it depends on your interpretation of what free speech means. If you allow the most intolerant voices to be as loud as they want to, you’re going to shut down voices of different opinions as well. So allowing free speech by just…
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Why Don’t We Shoot Nuclear Waste Into Space?
