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The abstract world of Wassily Kandinsky, animated
“Colour is a power which directly influences the soul,” wrote Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944). “Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammer, the soul is the strings. The artist is the...
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How has the Fresnel lens “saved a million ships”?
Lighthouses cast their bright beams out from where the land meets the sea, providing ships with a navigational marker, as well as warning them about dangerous coastlines in the fog. Their signature...
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A History of Pronouns: Little Words That Say a Lot
“Pronouns’ main purpose is to replace nouns so that we don’t have to repeat the same words or phrases over and over and over again,” explains sociolinguist and “certified word nerd” Dr. Erica...
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Learn 3 Taiko Drumming Beats for Beginners
Grab some paper towel cores for your bachi and a few pillows for your drum, and get ready to learn taiko drumming. This quick tutorial video from KQED Arts shares three beats taught by Sacramento,...
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Is this fossilized dinosaur leg from the day the dinosaurs died?
Scientists have never found a fossil of a dinosaur that was killed by the asteroid that hit Earth near Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, that infamous asteroid that ended the era of dinosaurs 66 million...
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The Terracotta Warriors, China’s world record display
Undiscovered until 1974, these life-size terracotta warriors have stood in their protective ranks for over 2,200 years. They are an archaeological relic from 248 BC, a creation of China’s first emperor...
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How do you make churros at home?
Not only does this Tasty recipe video share how to make churros at home, but it also provides a bit of history about the unknown origin of this deep-fried pastry and explores a few pitfalls when making...
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Spain’s crystal cave, the giant gypsum geode of Pulpí
Take a video field trip to La Geoda de Pulpí, the giant Pulpí Geode located in Mina Rica, an abandoned lead, iron, and silver mine in Spain. The 11 cubic meter (390 ft³) crystal cave boasts 2 meter...
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Sudan’s Pyramids of Meroë, the ancient capital of the Kushite Kingdom
Uncover an extraordinary city of over 200 pyramids with this Google Arts & Culture virtual field trip to Meroë, the ancient capital of the Kushite Kingdom in Sudan, Africa. The Google Arabia video...
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Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night, but make it LEGO
Can LEGO help make stronger connections between famous artworks and new audiences? The team at MoMA is exploring that possibility with a new 2,316 brick LEGO set that represents Dutch painter Vincent...
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The science of Blue Corn Mush, a classic indigenous recipe
What makes some corn blue? What is blue corn mush? And why might you add juniper ash to it? Learn how blue corn flour and juniper ash worked together to provide a nutritious traditional staple food...
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The Langlands Program, the biggest project in modern mathematics
“In a 1967 letter to the number theorist André Weil, a 30-year-old mathematician named Robert Langlands outlined striking conjectures that predicted a correspondence between two objects from completely...
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Longhorn Ankole Cows: The Cattle of Kings
The Longhorn Ankole Cows of Eastern Africa are usually remembered for the impressive size and shape of their horns, which can grow up to 2.4 meters (almost 8 feet) from tip to tip. Called the Cattle of...
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Kentucky’s Horse-Riding Librarians
How can you deliver library books to remote parts of the country? In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, jobless Americans in isolated regions of Kentucky relied on horse-riding librarians. A part...
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Why did Ramesses II make so many colossal statues of himself?
What motivates a ruler to create a statue of himself? Or a towering statue of himself? Or dozens of towering statues of himself? In this Civilisations clip from BBC Two, English scholar Mary Beard...
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What’s it like to fly a 1902 Wright Brothers Glider in Kitty Hawk?
The Wright Brothers are famous for their December 17, 1903 flight in a powered aircraft, a first in aviation. But Wilbur and Orville Wright had been experimenting with flight for years before that...
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Worm grunting: How can thousands of worms be summoned from the earth?
“In the middle of Florida’s Apalachicola National Forest, a bizarre, almost magical scene is unraveling. Sliding a metal strip over a wooden stake, a master summoner is sending deep croaking noises...
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How did slot canyons like Antelope Canyon form?
On Navajo Nation land near Page, Arizona, the swirling, flowing sandstone formations of Antelope Canyon are known to astonish visitors. Red and orange-striped walls undulate from wide to narrow spaces....
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Ancient Greek and Roman artworks were brightly painted: How do we know?
“If ever a person from antiquity would enter a modern museum, a collection of ancient sculptures, marble sculptures,” muses archaeologist Dr. Vinzenz Brinkmann, “he would feel like entering a world of...
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How did Sir Lancelot Jones help create a national park in Florida?
“You’ve probably heard many stories about Muir, Roosevelt and Thoreau and how they contributed to the environmental movement. But you probably haven’t heard of Israel and Lancelot Jones, Black men who...
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