tni.org
Coca leaf: Myths and Reality
11+ min · · A beginner's guide to Coca05 August 2014PrimerSubscribe here to receive monthly news and updates about coca, cannabis, and many more. Contents: Related primers Human Rights and Drug Policy Fact Sheet:… · Shared by 8, including Ziad Shihab
beyondbelieve.de
Operation Plumbbob: How a manhole cover became the fastest object launched by Humans
· During Operation Plumbbob in 1957, a test called Pascal B launched a 900 kg manhole cover to space at 6 times the escape velocity of earth. · Shared by 6, including Ziad Shihab
Big Think
Nanofabricators: a "Star Trek" vision of the future
5 min · · Nanofabricators could create the Star Trek version of the future. Though they are physically plausible, can they actually be created? · Shared by 10, including Ziad Shihab, John Hagel
Real Life
Hard to See — Real Life
14+ min · · How trauma became synonymous with authenticity · Shared by 126, including Ziad Shihab
symboldictionary.net
symboldictionary.net
20+ min · · Holy Seal (Prosphora) In the Eastern and Greek Orthodox churches, this emblem, is called the “Holy Seal.” It consists of an equal armed cross and the abbreviation IC XC NIKA, which is Greek for “Jesus… · Shared by 11, including Ziad Shihab
anthonyetherin.wordpress.com
PDFs
4 min · · My chapbooks THE UTU SONNETS and CELLAR are downloadable, in full, as free PDFs, as are my booklets QUARTETS and OTHERWORLD. The below leaflets may be downloaded for free. These leaflets feature si… · Shared by 9, including Ziad Shihab
BBC News Labs
Digital Paper Edit
1 min · · Experimental tool that allows producers to create 'rough cuts' of audio and video programmes, working from an automatically generated transcript. · Shared by 8, including Oscar MacDonald, Ziad Shihab
BBC News Labs
BBC News Labs
· Driving Innovation In News · Shared by 11, including Ziad Shihab, Nicholas Diakopoulos, luis antónio santos
alchemywebsite.com
Faust
12+ min · · Goethe's Faust is rarely performed in the English theatre. The work is too arcane and often disturbs and confuses its audiences, also the stage effects, particularly the transformation scenes in Part… · Shared by 6, including Ziad Shihab
faust.com
Faust – The legend of Faust from the Renaissance times. The end of civilization.
· The legend of Faust from the Renaissance times. The end of civilization. · Shared by 8, including Ziad Shihab
No Film School
What Do Stripes Have to Say About Your Character?
2 min · · From the rebels to the outcasts to the villainous schemers, stripes have a lot to say about your characters. · Shared by 9, including Ziad Shihab
15orient.com
15orient
· Niklas Taleb "'s Place" March 19 - April 17 Opening Reception; Saturday, March 19th, 6 - 9pm (Jefferson Street Location) 15 Orient is happy to announce the opening of Niklas Taleb "'s Place"; the… · Shared by 7, including Ziad Shihab
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Binocular Shot
1 min · · A tribute to movies that misrepresent how binoculars work · Shared by 27, including Ziad Shihab
Open Culture
Make Your Own Medieval Memes with a New Tool from the Dutch National Library
2 min · · As much joy as internet memes have given you over the years, you may have struggled to explain them to those unfamiliar with the concept. · Shared by 49, including Ziad Shihab, Jennifer Ouellette
savethesounds.info
Museum of Endangered Sounds
· Shared by 328, including Michelle Boisson, hernannadal, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Icefox, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Gretchen Rubin, Ziad Shihab, Graham Marshall, adrianleb.eth, Gisele Navarro, Stef Walter, Oliver Fuchs, Aral Balkan, Tim Holman, Serge K. Keller ❦, Esther Schindler
widewalls.ch
How These Contemporary Artists Are Re-Interpreting Realism and Surrealism
2 min · · The online art platform MayinArt proudly brings together many of contemporary realist and surrealist works by artists across the globe. · Shared by 7, including Ziad Shihab