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Hello,

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Here’s an assorted selection of articles, short posts, videos and podcasts to keep you busy this autumn. The range of topics should be wide enough for anyone to find something interesting. Enjoy!

Cheers,

Piotr.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”normal” thickness=”1″ up=”30″ down=”25″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=”” css=”.vc_custom_1447194431476{padding-top: 30px !important;}”][vc_column][icon_text box_type=”normal” icon=”fa-tree” icon_type=”normal” icon_position=”left_from_title” icon_size=”fa-3x” use_custom_icon_size=”no” title=”environment”][vc_column_text]

The world’s first ocean cleaning system will be deployed in 2016.

[/vc_column_text][blockquote text=”There are five gigantic patches of swirling plastic throughout the Earth’s oceans, known as gyres” show_quote_icon=”yes”][button icon=”” target=”_blank” text=”read article” link=”https://www.minds.com/blog/view/450715060952633344/the-world039s-first-ocean-cleaning-system-will-be-deployed-in-2016″][vc_separator type=”normal” thickness=”1″ up=”35″ down=”35″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column][icon_text box_type=”normal” icon=”fa-users” icon_type=”normal” icon_position=”left_from_title” icon_size=”fa-3x” use_custom_icon_size=”no” title=”people”][vc_column_text]

How one baby saved his mother’s life.

[/vc_column_text][blockquote text=”I don’t know whether it was a miracle, but some of the nurses certainly thought it was” show_quote_icon=”yes”][button icon=”” target=”_blank” text=”read more” link=”http://www.netmums.com/baby/baby-saved-its-mothers-life”][vc_separator type=”normal” thickness=”1″ up=”35″ down=”35″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column][icon_text box_type=”normal” icon=”fa-share” icon_type=”normal” icon_position=”left_from_title” icon_size=”fa-3x” use_custom_icon_size=”no” title=”social media”][vc_column_text]

A reminder that your Instagram photos aren’t really yours: Someone else can sell them for $90,000

[/vc_column_text][blockquote text=”Don’t post anything you wouldn’t want hanging in an art gallery.” show_quote_icon=”yes”][button icon=”” target=”_blank” text=”read more” link=”https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/05/25/a-reminder-that-your-instagram-photos-arent-really-yours-someone-else-can-sell-them-for-90000/”][vc_separator type=”normal” thickness=”1″ up=”35″ down=”35″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column][icon_text box_type=”normal” icon=”fa-user” icon_type=”normal” icon_position=”left_from_title” icon_size=”fa-3x” use_custom_icon_size=”no” title=”people”][vc_column_text]

Why The Oldest Person In The World Keeps Dying

[/vc_column_text][blockquote text=”people who have lived past their 110th birthday — generally come from a heartier stock than most people” show_quote_icon=”yes”][button icon=”” target=”_blank” text=”read more” link=”https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-the-oldest-person-in-the-world-keeps-dying/”][vc_separator type=”normal” thickness=”1″ up=”35″ down=”35″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column][icon_text box_type=”normal” icon=”fa-eyedropper” icon_type=”normal” icon_position=”left_from_title” icon_size=”fa-3x” use_custom_icon_size=”no” title=”fashion”][vc_column_text]

This Material is So Black That Your Eyes Can’t Fully Understand It.

[/vc_column_text][blockquote text=”It absorbs so much light that your eyes cannot fully comprehend it.” show_quote_icon=”yes”][button icon=”” target=”_blank” text=”read more” link=”http://modernnotion.com/this-material-is-so-black-that-you-cant-fully-understand-it/”][vc_separator type=”normal” thickness=”1″ up=”35″ down=”35″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column][icon_text box_type=”normal” icon=”fa-eye” icon_type=”normal” icon_position=”left_from_title” icon_size=”fa-3x” use_custom_icon_size=”no” title=”culture shock”][vc_column_text]

Confusing things about British homes.

[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATjMxH3-e4Y&feature=youtu.be”][vc_separator type=”normal” thickness=”1″ up=”35″ down=”35″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column][icon_text box_type=”normal” icon=”fa-pencil” icon_type=”normal” icon_position=”left_from_title” icon_size=”fa-3x” use_custom_icon_size=”no” title=”history of art”][vc_column_text]

The School of Athens – painting by Rafael

[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]You can listen to a podcast online or download an mp3 of a radio programme about this fascinating work of art.[/vc_column_text][button icon=”” target=”_blank” text=”listen” link=”http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00j7txt”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”16290″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” qode_css_animation=””][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator type=”normal” thickness=”1″ up=”35″ down=”35″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column][icon_text box_type=”normal” icon=”fa-rocket” icon_type=”normal” icon_position=”left_from_title” icon_size=”fa-3x” use_custom_icon_size=”no” title=”life in space”][vc_column_text]

The strange star that has serious scientists talking about an alien megastructure.

[/vc_column_text][blockquote text=”Aliens should always be the very last hypothesis you consider, but this looked like something you would expect an alien civilization to build.” show_quote_icon=”yes”][button icon=”” target=”_blank” link=”https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/15/the-strange-star-that-has-serious-scientists-talking-about-an-alien-megastructure/?tid=sm_fb” text=”read article”][vc_separator type=”normal” thickness=”1″ up=”35″ down=”35″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column][icon_text box_type=”normal” icon=”fa-camera-retro” icon_type=”normal” icon_position=”left_from_title” icon_size=”fa-3x” use_custom_icon_size=”no” title=”photography”][vc_column_text]

MIT’s Super-Fast Camera Can Capture Light as it Travels.

[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][blockquote text=”There’s nothing in the universe that looks fast to this camera.” show_quote_icon=”yes”][button icon=”” target=”_self” text=”read article” link=”http://magazine.good.is/articles/super-fast-camera-works-at-light-speed”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z8EtlBe8Ts”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator type=”normal” thickness=”1″ up=”35″ down=”35″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column][icon_text box_type=”normal” icon=”fa-users” icon_type=”normal” icon_position=”left_from_title” icon_size=”fa-3x” use_custom_icon_size=”no” title=”lifestyle”][vc_column_text]

Starting work before 10am isn’t just soul crushing, this scientist says it’s equivalent to torture.

[/vc_column_text][blockquote text=”the natural human rhythms evolved around sunlight—not the business strategies” show_quote_icon=”yes”][button icon=”” target=”_self” text=”read more” link=”http://www.theplaidzebra.com/starting-work-before-10am-isnt-just-soul-crushing-this-scientist-says-its-equivalent-to-torture/”][vc_separator type=”normal” thickness=”1″ up=”35″ down=”35″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column][icon_text box_type=”normal” icon=”fa-globe” icon_type=”normal” icon_position=”left_from_title” icon_size=”fa-3x” use_custom_icon_size=”no” title=”nature”][vc_column_text]

Chimpanzees and monkeys have entered the Stone Age.

[/vc_column_text][blockquote text=”What makes these tools noteworthy is that the hands that held them weren’t human.” show_quote_icon=”yes”][button icon=”” target=”_blank” text=”read article” link=”http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150818-chimps-living-in-the-stone-age”][vc_separator type=”normal” thickness=”1″ up=”35″ down=”35″][/vc_column][/vc_row]