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Deep-Sea Mining | John Oliver

John Oliver discusses deep-sea mining, whether or not it’s worth doing, and which undersea creature he most wants to eat.

Friday Nite Videos | May 31, 2024

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Friday Nite Videos | May 24, 2024

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Neanderthals Spoke, but Maybe Not Metaphorically

Steven Mithen The Conversation
Neanderthals possessed the vocal machinery for speech and were sufficiently similar to modern humans that multiple instances of successful interbreeding occurred. But their brain structure and possibly their thinking were significantly different.

Sunday Science: A New Test for Quantum Gravity

Sabine Hossenfelder Sabine Hossenfelder
After countless attempts to develop a theory of quantum gravity, physicists are now trying their hand at measuring it through various experiments. This week we have a new proposal for an experiment, and it's a quite clever idea. Let’s have a look.
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