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- Missing Link – George Monbiot July 22, 2017
- Trump gives ‘nothing concrete to guy w/ the lunch bucket’ – labor leader July 21, 2017
- That one time David Letterman laid the smackdown on Donald Trump about his Made In China line of clothes July 21, 2017
- As Trump Touts “Made in America” Week, Indonesian Workers Toil Away Making Ivanka Trump Apparel July 21, 2017
- CNN host shocked to learn US meddled in 81 elections in 47 countries July 21, 2017
- Jim Hansen: Negative CO2 Emissions July 21, 2017
- Corporations Are in Charge of The White House July 21, 2017
- GOP Effort To Make Science ‘Transparent’ Worries Scientists : NPR July 21, 2017
- Report: Trump to Name Coal Industry Lobbyist as EPA 2nd-in-Command July 21, 2017
- ExxonMobil Fined $2M for Russia Sanctions Breach Under CEO Tillerson July 21, 2017
- Farm subsidies ‘must be earned’ – Michael Gove – BBC News July 21, 2017
- What about Peak Oil ? Richard Heinberg interviewed by Piero San Giorgio July 20, 2017
- Richard Heinberg – Afterburn: Society Beyond Fossil Fuels July 20, 2017
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- Richard Manning on the Green Revolution and the End of Cheap Oil July 20, 2017
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- The Ultimate Hypocrisy? Trump Plan to Renegotiate NAFTA Resembles TPP Deal He Withdrew From July 20, 2017
- Gaza on Verge of Collapse as Israel Sends 2.2M People “Back to Middle Ages” in Electricity Crisis July 20, 2017
- IFPRI’s 2017 Global Food Policy Report July 20, 2017
- Signs Of Climate Change — Past, Present And Future — On Plum Island | WBUR News July 20, 2017
- Here’s How Much Plastic Trash Is Littering the Earth | National Geographic July 20, 2017
- Wait… Is China Really the Leader in Green Energy? July 20, 2017
- Tyson Slocum on renewable energy in China July 20, 2017
- Report finds China surpasses US in renewable energy consumption July 20, 2017
- Chinese firm helps U.S. coal miners transition to wind energy jobs July 20, 2017
- Climate Change Damage to the U.S. Economy July 20, 2017
- Climate Expert Mike Mann: Understanding Dire Predictions July 20, 2017
- Clarifying The Danish Meteorological Institute’s Data. Greenland Is Melting, The Planet Is Warming! July 20, 2017
- When the oil runs out July 20, 2017
- China’s Extreme Flooding: See Dramatic Scenes of Rescue and Ruin | Nationa l Geographic July 19, 2017
- Lawrence Wilkerson: Donald Trump Admin. ‘Like A Mafia Family’ | All In | MSNBC July 18, 2017
- Walter Shaub: The Ethics Chief Who Took On The White House | All In | MSNBC July 18, 2017
- Government ethics watchdog Walter Shaub resigns July 18, 2017
- (HD) Earth Under Water in Next 20 Years – Full Documentary July 18, 2017
- The Big Melt: Looming danger of abrupt climate change July 18, 2017
- Sixth Mass Extinction (Full Documentary) July 18, 2017
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- Rex W. Tillerson, Chairman and CEO, Exxon Mobil Corporation July 17, 2017
- Noam Chomsky – Why Philosophy? July 17, 2017
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- Monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) July 17, 2017
- ‘We’ve been invaded’: Italian mayor slams govt’s policy on migrants July 17, 2017
- Is America Facing A Farming Crisis? July 17, 2017
- Drought and Agriculture – Predict, Plan and Prepare: Stop Drought Becoming Famine July 17, 2017
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Daily Archives: April 15, 2017
David Christian: What Are The Origins Of The Universe? : NPR
October 24, 20149:23 AM ET Heard on TED Radio Hour
Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode How It All Began.
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http://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/357837221/how-it-all-began
About David Christian’s TED Talk
David Christian explains the history of the universe from the big bang, and how humans occupy little more than a millisecond on that cosmic timeline.
About David Christian
David Christian is a historian of Russia and the Soviet Union by training, but since the 1980s he has become interested in world history on a large scale. In 1989, he began teaching courses on “Big History,” surveying the past on the largest possible scales, and integrating history, biology, chemistry, physics and astronomy. Christian is a member of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He also worked with Bill Gates to create an online course in “Big History” for high school students.
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Related TED Blog: A History Curriculum That Starts At The Beginning Of Time
The History of Everything – TED | Big History Project
Published on May 12, 2014
David Christian gives a TED talk covering the Universe’s 13.8 billion year history in 18 minutes.
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Big History: Examines Our Past, Explains Our Present, Imagines Our Future: DK, David Christian
Featuring a foreword by the father of Big History, David Christian, and produced in association with the Big History Institute, Big History provides a comprehensive understanding of the major events that have changed the nature and course of life on the planet we call home. This first fully integrated visual reference on Big History for general readers places humans in the context of our universe, from the Big Bang to virtual reality.
Why does the universe work the way it does? Why are stars so big? Why are humans so small? What does it mean to be human? Big History blends geology, biology, physics, anthropology, sociology, and so much more to tell one coherent story, taking us right back to our origins and exploring how a unique series of events led to and then impacted human existence: how everything came to be, where we fit in, and even where we are going. Graphics, artworks, timelines, and at-a-glance overviews make the causes and effects of pivotal events and major thresholds in Big History instantly accessible, and evidence features explain how we know what we know. An additional 64-page reference section provides a more conventional account of events in human history.
Placing humans in the context of our universe and revealing how and why we got to where we are today, Big History covers 13.8 billion years of history, from the formation of the universe and the dawn of time to the present day.
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Noam Chomsky – Trump’s Bombing of Afghanistan and Syria
Published on Apr 14, 2017
Chomsky on Trump’s bombings, radical Islam, and the 2017 chemical attacks in Syria.
Full talk: http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?o…
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Legislation To Reduce Prescription Costs Under Attack By Big Pharma
Published on Apr 15, 2017
Democrats in Washington, at least some of them, have been attempting to pass legislation that would help lower the cost of prescription drugs for American citizens, which is actually something that Donald Trump himself had promised us when he was running for president. But big pharma won’t let their profits dip without putting up a fight. Lee Fang from The Intercept joins Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins to talk about what the industry is doing to prevent any legislation that could reduce the cost of prescription drugs for American consumers.
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What is Trump Hiding in His Taxes?
Published on Apr 14, 2017
Americans want to know what Trump is hiding in his tax returns. #WhatsAreYouHiding
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