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What happens if you cut down all of a city's trees? - Stefan Al

Explore what makes trees a vital part of cities, and how urban spaces throughout history have embraced the importance of trees. We may think of nature as being unconnected to our urban spaces, but trees have always been an essential part of successful cities. Humanity has been uncovering these arboreal benefits...

@dheerthan 04:23 PM 11-Jul-2022

12 of the most beautiful places in the Middle East | Rough Guides

Middle East served as one of the major cradles of human civilization. Myriad stunning mementoes of the region’s cosmopolitan and history-laden past survive. Wealth of world famous attractions ranging from medieval bazaars, historic mosques, untamed deserts and remote oases.

@dheerthan 05:34 PM 28-Jun-2022

Wabi-Sabi Philosophy - History of Ideas - The School of Life

At the heart of Japanese philosophy and wisdom lies a concept called ‘wabi-sabi’; a term which denotes a commitment to the everyday, the melancholic, the somewhat broken and the imperfect. It’s a term we need a lot more of in our lives.

@dheerthan 02:33 PM 09-Jun-2022

US Capitol Riot, How & What happened on one of America's darkest days

A violent mob of Trump supporters, egged on by the President Donald Trump himself, breached the US Capitol, sending politicians into hiding and sparking hours of chaos, violence and insurrection on what is sure to go down as one of the darkest days in American political history.

@dheerthan 10:02 PM 07-Jan-2021

Adorable 18,000-Year-Old Puppy Dogor Found Extremely Well Preserved in Siberia

If you were just to look at his head - eyes closed, chin resting gently, with slightly outstretched paws - you might think the puppy were only sleeping. But the tiny canine named Dogor, newly delivered from the permafrost in Yakutsk in eastern Siberia, died 18,000 years ago, at the tender age of just two months old

@dheerthan 10:54 AM 03-Dec-2019

England win Cricket World Cup after super-over drama against New Zealand

England have won the Cricket World Cup for the first time after a thrilling victory over New Zealand at Lord’s in a match that had to be settled by a super over after New Zealand scores 241-8; England 241 all out.

@dheerthan 10:09 AM 15-Jul-2019

12-Yo Chennai Girl With 79 Fossil Specimens Is India’s Youngest Palaeontologist!

Though 12-year-old Aswatha Biju is like every other preteen whose world revolved around school, friends and favorite hobbies, this young girl from Chennai is India’s youngest paleontologist, with a collection of 74 fossil specimens that makes her home nothing less than a mini museum.

@dheerthan 12:29 PM 15-Jun-2019

These are the top 10 landmarks in the history of making measurements

Little appreciated but vastly important, metrology celebrates a long history with the adoption of new definitions for key units.

@dheerthan 09:24 AM 21-May-2019

Building a Drum from Scratch | How To Make Everything

I set out to build my own musical instruments, starting first with a drum made using a pig hide and maple wood. Andy George will discover what it takes to make everything from scratch. His mission is to understand the complex processes of manufacturing that is often taken for granted and do it all himself.

@dheerthan 01:08 PM 30-Jan-2019

Turning Milk, Potatoes and Sugar into Plastics | How To Make Everything

Curious to learn about PLA aka Poly Lactic Acid use in biodegradable plastics. Watch me explore the world of plastics and polymers by making a few basic plastics from biological sources I've collected before, and with the help of the Center for Sustainable Polymers at the University of Minnesota.

@dheerthan 12:54 PM 30-Jan-2019

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