From Ted Education: Today, it is estimated that 50% of Americans eat at least one sandwich every day. And while it’s all but impossible to imagine a world without them, sandwiches have only been around since 1762. In the fifth installment of our ‘Moments of Vision’ series, Jessica Oreck shares the sandwich’s seedy origin story. […]
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From The American Museum of Natural History: It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion—and only 200 years to reach 7 billion. But growth has begun slowing, as women have fewer babies on average. When will our global population peak? And how can we minimize our impact on Earth’s resources, even […]
Check out this fantastic violin cover of the main theme song from Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, the Soviet March. Be sure to read the English captions scrolling to the bottom right of the video, there’s some pretty funny stuff in there! Another great cover by the very talented Anastasia Soina. That’s it, now […]
Google’s artificial intelligence system DeepMind is to play StarCraft II to try to hone its learning skills. It’s the next step in a process that began with Atari 2600 titles. The DeepMind project has already made the news with a program that beat leading players at Go. While that was hugely impressive given the sheer […]
Balancing all aspects of your life is certainly not an easy task, even though some people appear to do it effortlessly. As far as I’m concerned, the closest I got to this precious balance was when I finished school, had a full time job, and no kids. I certainly wouldn’t go back there, but things […]
The Robin Suit in BvS has always been a bit of a mystery, there was no explanation to it, how it got there or what happened to the boy wonder. We hoped there would be some deleted scene in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice or Suicide Squad, sadly nothing materialized. So here is hoping […]
Watch as the folks from SNL, in partnership with Benedict Cumberbatch, poke fun at the famous 1984 Apple Ad with a toilet commercial. “1984” was the ad that first introduced the Apple Macintosh personal computer to the American public. Note: I know the video is available in the U.S. and the UK, but it might […]
Always be kind to other people, for everyone you meet could be fighting a battle you know absolutely nothing about, even if it’s a battle with an imaginary version of you. A fantastic comic by Norwegian artist Kristian Nygård from Optipess Comics. If you like what Kristian does, be sure to follow him at the […]
Check out this fantastic cover of the main “The Walking Dead” theme played on bagpies with (and an electric guitar track playing in the background) by Youtuber and Indian artist “The Snake Charmer.” Be sure to check her out on youtube right here. She also has a pretty badass version of “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC on […]