Nobel Peace Prize Winner Kailash Satyarthi has dedicated his life to ending child trafficking in India. Despite getting attacked and beaten on many occasions, Kailash remains relentless in his mission.... continue reading

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https://www.iter.org/ In southern France, 35 nations* are collaborating to build the world's largest tokamak, a magnetic fusion device that has been designed to prove the feasibility of fusion as a... continue reading

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YouTube description: Tejas Sidnal is an architect who believes people in his profession have a responsibility to rid the world of air pollution. Which is why he founded Carbon Craft Design, a startup... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 1 month 1 week ago • 85 views • 2:25

YouTube description: Mumbai Police and FCB Interface collaborated to teach Mumbai’s reckless honkers a lesson. Watch how a passive street signal turned into a Punishing Signal and taught Mumbaikars... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 6 months 1 week ago • 603 views • 1:54

ASM = Anti-Ship Missile. An interesting look into missile design and behaviors across the globe. From YT: Russia has got them... so does Japan, India, Taiwan, and others. So why doesn't the US?

YouTube description: The Ganges River is a highly revered site by Hindus and an iconic, historical epicenter in India. As hundreds of millions of people visit the Ganges each year, there is a dedicated... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 10 months ago • 149 views • 2:26

YouTube description: With a population of over 18 million people, Mumbai is one of the world’s largest megalopolises. To put it mildly, the city can be unpredictable. But amid the chaos, Mumbai has... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 2 weeks ago • 659 views • 2:48

In the event of a nuclear war, on top of all the damage from the bombs themselves, our world may enter what’s known as a nuclear winter. Could we survive it?

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 9 months ago • 416 views • 3:33

At the age of 74, Meena Raghavan is the oldest known practitioner of Kalaripayattu, an ancient martial art from southern India. Since she was 7 years old, Raghavan has trained with the best of them. While... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,407 views • 2:22

The border between India and Bangladesh is extremely messy and complicated. Why is this? And what's it like living there? ----------------------- I imagine it to be like a bag of holding placed inside... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 1 month ago • 158 views • 3:07

Where Dylan of Atlas Obscura tells you about his favorite places on the planet! Credits for this episode: https://www.flickr.com/photos/5388826... https://www.flickr.com/photos/sandro_... https://www.flickr.com/p... continue reading

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