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"Etymology (the study of word origins) is often presented as just arbitrary speculation or a kind of game. But responsible linguists can defend seemingly bizarre etymologies on the grounds of regular, predictable sound changes that the languages in question have undergone." youtu.be/Y-0LQXNB9LE @linguistics

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"In this video, I explain the origins of the names of England, Scotland and Wales, as well as the rest of the British Isles and 🇮🇪Ireland. And prepare for a shocking revelation about walnuts." youtu.be/aXAjMlTO7Dc

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"The spoken language known in English as Elfdalian and in Swedish as Älvdalska preserved some remarkably ancient features of Old Norse (mixed with its own unusual developments) until the recent past." youtu.be/adVHCw0N8HI @linguistics

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"I've learned and developed some good habits to keep myself from scrolling my life away and in this video I share those with you. All the tips and tricks fit into two categories: managing your social media use, and replacing your social media use." youtu.be/nQYPgxKQuKs

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"The FT’s climate editor Emiliya Mychasuk explains how great advances in data gathering and processing could help the world prepare for the worst of the more frequent weather extremes on the way." youtu.be/fag4ITTsnlk @science

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"Old Norse would not have sounded exactly like any language spoken today, even Icelandic. Here, a linguist who specializes in Old Norse gives a window into how scholars reconstruct this dead language." youtu.be/_ASsCH17cbA @linguistics

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"I hope that by the end of this video you'll get a better understanding of what a logical fallacy is, and why we might want to avoid them. But also why in some contexts, what might seem to be fallacious reasoning, might actually be much more defensible than previously thought." youtu.be/PthVXsLEqh8 @philosophy [2]

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"The most famous equation in finance, the Black-Scholes/Merton equation, came from physics. It launched an industry worth trillions of dollars and led to the world’s best investments." youtu.be/A5w-dEgIU1M @economics @science

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"In this video you'll learn how to recite dactylic hexameter, how to render pitch accent in song and in spoken recitation, and how to pronounce Ancient Greek in six different ways." youtu.be/TXtLoGORAq0 @poetry @antiquidons

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"Getting rich by betting on a future catastrophe? Thanks to something known as "catastrophe bonds” or "cat bonds” for short, this is now possible. A financial tool that trades on suffering and misery." youtu.be/yjtgltYKmeM @climatechange

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"Books that a student of Indo-European languages should be aware of, with special attention to a few of interest to those intrigued by the history of the Germanic languages (like English and the Scandinavian languages)." youtu.be/jpxaDHj0ih4 @linguistics @bookstodon

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"With the Arctic warming, melting sea ice is opening routes to untapped petroleum and gas reserves. Nations within the Arctic Circle are making claims on those reserves by establishing exclusive economic zones, while others are investing billions to get a slice of the pie. The FT’s Myles McCormick explains the economic and environmental risks that come with exploiting this final frontier" youtube.com/watch?v=O7reU2tWEB @economics

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"Were Old Norse and Old English really mutually intelligible?" youtu.be/eTqI6P6iwbE

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"Are you bilingual? Or even multilingual? It turns out there are lots of upsides to speaking more than one language." youtu.be/nBGuQHsXllg @science

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"A peer-reviewed medical journal has published strange AI-made images, despite them containing imaginary words and letters as well as a very unusual rat." youtu.be/OqjpK70BOZg @science

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"What can new technology reveal about the ancient Dead Sea Scrolls? Join scientists as they investigate suspicious, newly surfaced fragments to see if they're forfeited, and use imaging techniques to digitally unravel the charred remains of a scroll." youtu.be/INV9eLQa7Jc @science @religion @christianity @archaeodons

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"Join space archaeologist Dr. Sarah Parcak, archaeologist Douglas Bolender, historian Dan Snow, and a team of leading experts from around the globe as they investigate what may be the first new Viking site discovered in North America in over 50 years. Explore the rich cultural heritage of the Vikings, and investigate the truth behind the legends of these intrepid adventurers." youtu.be/j7UIbhgduVA @histodon @histodons @archaeodons

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"Retrace Einstein's thought experiments as NOVA reveals the simple but powerful ideas that reshaped our understanding of gravity, illuminating the theory of general relativity—and Einstein's brilliance—as never before." youtu.be/7CZyDPELXs4 @science @physics

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"Governments have put future bans on the sale of internal combustion engines, but recently we’ve seen politicians backtracking a little on the issue. Also, there are still huge infrastructure and cost challenges ahead for EVs. So, are reports about the death of the internal combustion engine a little premature?" youtu.be/i8iHzXHt9iw @engineering

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