Sam Harris speaks with Matt Ridley and Alina Chan about the origins of the COVID pandemic. They discuss the evidence of a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, media and academic censorship of... continue reading
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Imagine pole-vaulting across dangerous terrain, down steep slopes and ravines. "Salto del pastor"—translated from Spanish as "the shepherd's leap"—is just that. Now a folk sport and hobby, it was once... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 1 month 1 week ago • 751 views • 3:53For three centuries, farmers living in the remote mountains of northern Turkey have communicated great distances by whistling. It’s a language called kuş dili that is still used to this day, though... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 4 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 100 views • 2:41YouTube description: Scientific language can be difficult to parse through for anyone not well-versed in the field. That’s where acclaimed actor Alan Alda comes in. Through the Alda Center for Communicating... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 498 views • 3:16YT: Are you thinking of adopting a new kitten? Or do you want to know some fun facts about kitten care? WATCH this brand new video to find out some fun facts and information about cats and kittens that... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 1 month ago • 125 views • 5:21It's been a long time since I did a linguistics video, but today Alex has stepped in and done a brilliant job. Song translations usually suck: and it's because you either have to lose the meaning or the... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 328 views • 4:25* Be sure to enable annotations for literal translations of the French part! * /YT . Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 out soon! https://videosift.com/video/BON-COP-BAD-COP-2-TEASER-TRAILER
posted by notarobot 7 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 139 views • 2:07YouTube: I once received a lot of blowback for an Upshot article in which I showed (with evidence) that exercise is not the key to weight loss. Diet is. Many, many readers cannot wrap their head around... continue reading
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posted by ant 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 69 views • 31 secsYouTube description: Machine translation's a useful tool, don't get me wrong. But if you actually try to use it for regular conversation, it'll fall down really quickly. Why? What makes it so difficult? ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 559 views • 5:05Youtube description: Peter Lee, Microsoft Research corporate vice president, shares insights and a sneak peek into the Skype Translator, derived from decades of research in speech-recognition, automatic-translation,... continue reading
posted by alcom 1 decade 2 weeks ago • 130 views • 2:03Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 7 months 2 weeks ago • 1,317 views • 14:29Please excuse any mistakes in the translation. Neither of the languages is my native one. :) "In China you don't have letters when writing. Instead you use characters, and each character is a word.... continue reading
posted by WaterDweller 1 decade 11 months ago • 173 views • 2:00YouTube Description: For foreigners, learning to speak Chinese is a hard task. But learning to read the beautiful, often complex characters of the Chinese written language may be less difficult. ShaoLan... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 decade 1 year 2 weeks ago • 664 views • 6:11Why is 'x' the symbol for an unknown? In this short and funny talk, Terry Moore gives the surprising answer.
posted by randeepsamra 1 decade 1 year 1 month ago • 259 views • 3:58YouTube Description: http://www.ted.com With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to present data that debunks several... continue reading
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