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Why Ukraine is trapped in endless conflict
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- Why Ukraine is trapped in endless conflict
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- 4:25
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The ceasefire is completely ignored.
Correction: In a previous version, the Russian Empire at 2:31 did not include Finland and northern Kazakhstan and at 2:34 the map mistakenly depicted the Warsaw Pact members, not the Soviet Union.
At 2:03 the Minsk II agreement refers to the separatist enclaves as "certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine" not the DPR and LPR.
Sources:
Russian Empire: https://www.loc.gov/item/2015591079/
Soviet Union: https://www.loc.gov/resource/g7001f.ct001572/
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The present conflict in Ukraine started in 2014. Today, there are 100,000 fighters stationed in the country, making it one of the most heavily militarized regions in the world. In Ukraine's east, Ukrainian forces are engaged in a struggle with Russian-backed...
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- The 2020 census is in serious trouble
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- 5:07
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Problems have plagued the US Census Bureau in recent decades.
Learn how the census definition of race has changed over time: http://bit.ly/2s5gWN2
The 2020 census was added to the Government Accountability Office’s list of programs with a high-risk of failure. And failing to accurately count the population would threaten the integrity of the country’s most authoritative dataset that drives public policy.
Because the census is used in for a myriad of democratic functions, it’s important that the US gets it right. But now the Department of Justice has proposed to change the 2020 form, which could create further problems for the bureau.
Sources and relevant links:
A look at the DOJ request to add a citizenship question:
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-justice-department-pushes-for-citizenship-question-on-census-alarming-experts
For more context on the budgetary concerns at the CB:
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- Title
- Why do taxpayers pay billions for football stadiums?
- Runtime
- 4:10
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Cities want football teams. Owners want stadiums.
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In the past 20 years, over $7 billion in public money has gone towards financing the construction and renovation of NFL football stadiums. Owners argue that public investment in private football franchises will bring a boom of economic activity to local economies. But this argument doesn’t hold up. In reality, stadiums and their upkeep wind up costing cities millions of dollars.
For owners, new stadiums mean more profits. They get to host the Super Bowl, sell naming rights to other corporations, and build increasingly opulent and expensive premium seating.
For cities, nabbing an itinerant football franchise looking for a new home field can be a big political win. And residents want teams and the hometown pride that comes with it. Football teams give ci...
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- What BMI doesn't tell you about your health
- Runtime
- 5:00
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The way we define obesity is flawed.
Read more about Body Mass Index's flaws on Vox.com: http://bit.ly/2nxeQ2U
The body mass index, better known as BMI, is a measure of obesity that has been in use for over 200 years. It was a formula created by Belgian mathematician Adolphe Quetelet. It takes your weight (sorry my fellow Americans, everyone else is on the metric system) in kilograms divides and divides it by height in meters squared. And from this you get a number that represent your total body mass relative to your height and weight. The ranges go from underweight to obese, and one decimal point can tip you in either direction. BMI has been used to study obesity in large populations, and for the most part it’s okay for those types of studies. However, when individual health is the topic at hand, using the body mass index can make judging a person’s health a little bit trickier.
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- The 2018 State of the Union in 4 minutes
- Runtime
- 3:59
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Highlights from Donald Trump’s 2018 State of the Union speech.
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President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union speech on Tuesday, January 30, 2018. It was his first State of the Union address to the nation since he took office in 2017.
In his speech, Trump covered a range of topics that have become signatures of his platform since he launched his Presidential bid in 2015. In a series of prepared remarks, Trump covered a range of topics from immigration, to the economy, to nuclear arms.
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- Title
- President Trump's 2018 State of the Union address
- Runtime
- 2:01:33
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Donald Trump begins his address at 39:25
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President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union speech on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 before congress.
The State of the Union address feels like a very old American ritual, and it is. It’s mandated by the Constitution, which says the president shall “from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.”
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- Title
- The problem with online charter schools
- Runtime
- 5:22
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- States are taking a multi-million dollar gamble on a technology that doesn’t seem to work.
Watch: http://bit.ly/2EiUnqy - The colleges where the American dream is still alive.
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In 32 states plus DC, students of all ages can bypass brick-and-mortar schools for online charters. Most of these schools are run by publicly-traded companies, which means the profits they earn after running schools with taxpayer funds go toward paying their shareholders. These schools enroll less than 1% of American public school students right now, but the share is growing. In their ads, these schools promise autonomy and flexibility. They appeal to students eager to escape bullies or classrooms where they feel unsuccessful. But the data show that attending these schools sets kids back academically— by a lot. And despite their poor performance, states have been slow to close these schools down.
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- Title
- Why danger symbols can’t last forever
- Runtime
- 7:04
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- How to design fear, explained with 99% Invisible. Check them out here: http://99pi.org
Correction: The correct spelling of “warning” in Persian is هشدار.
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Chances are you wouldn’t be able to recognize a biohazard even if you were looking right at one. But the biohazard symbol? It’s pretty easy to spot. Most warning icons rely on previously established objects or symbols: a general caution might use an exclamation point, and a fire warning might use an illustration of a flame. But the biohazard symbol references an idea that is much harder to picture — and in the 50 years since its invention, it has become one of the most recognizable icons on the planet. But can the meaning of a symbol like this last an eternity? A special Department of Energy project is trying to figure that out.
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- Why Puerto Rico is not a US state
- Runtime
- 3:56
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Nearly half of Americans don’t know that Puerto Ricans are US citizens. But they are, and have been since 1917.
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As residents of the US Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans have US passports, can travel freely throughout the country and can serve in the military. But that doesn’t mean the US citizens who live in Puerto Rico get the same rights and benefits as US citizens stateside.
Watch the video above to understand how Puerto Rico became a US commonwealth, the tangled relationship that developed, and how it all affects prosperity and development on the island today.
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- The awkward debate around Trump's mental fitness
- Runtime
- 7:46
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The rule that keeps psychiatrists from talking about Trump.
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Trump has made questions about his mental fitness unavoidable, with nearly every major news network now openly discussing whether the president has the the cognitive stability to do his job. But psychiatrists and mental health experts have been largely absent in the debate about Trump’s mental health. That’s thanks to the Goldwater Rule, a decades-old ethical guideline that’s coming under serious pressure as Trump starts his second year in office.
In their series Strikethrough, Vox producers Carlos Maza and Coleman Lowndes explore the challenges facing the news media in the age of Trump. Follow Carlos on Facebook for more: https://www.facebook.com/CarlosMazaVox
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- How this young prince seized power in Saudi Arabia
- Runtime
- 4:52
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- MBS is transforming Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.
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Mohammad bin Salman was designated as Saudi Arabia's new crown prince in June 2017. Since then, he has rapidly consolidated power and led Saudi Arabia towards some progressive reforms, such as granting women the right to drive. He also has plans to privatize certain segments of the economy, with the goal of reducing Saudi Arabia's economic dependency on oil. These changes, along with a suppression of Saudi Arabia's religious Right, could potentially begin to destabilize one of the Middle East's most powerful nations.
Listen to this episode of Worldly – Vox's weekly podcast on the most important foreign policy and national security s...
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- It's not you. Commuting is bad for your health.
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- 4:45
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- My commute is like a second job, and it might be killing me.
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Millions of Americans commute to work. It can be a stressful journey that involves cars, trains, bicycles, and even airplanes. This video breaks down the pros and cons of long commutes -- it's by someone who actually has a painfully long one: Vox's Kimberly Mas commutes to Manhattan almost every day. She drives her car to the train station, takes the train to the subway, and finally rides the subway to the Vox office. She's had this routine for a long time and she always wondered what kind of toll it's taking on her. Her reporting shows that, while commutes may just be an unavoidable part of life for many Americans, they don't have to be all bad, all the time.
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- How red squirrel pelts shaped our monetary systems [Advertiser content from Zelle]
- Runtime
- 3:11
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The many odd and surprising forms of currency.
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What do red squirrels, salt, cocoa beans, and parmesan cheese have in common? No, they’re not ingredients in some extremely unappetizing dish; in fact, they’ve all been used as a form of currency at some point in the course of human history. It might sound surprising to us today, since none of those things seem particularly valuable, but the history of money is a movement from trading stuff you can use, such as animal pelts to keep you warm, to trading stuff that’s symbolic, like the dollar bills you probably have in your wallet right now.
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- Title
- How faster computers gave us Meltdown and Spectre
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- 4:07
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- These industry-breaking computer security exploits affect nearly every computer ever built.
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In the pursuit of faster computers, Intel and other computer processor manufacturers started implementing a design feature known as “speculative execution.” That enables a computer to make necessary calculations before the user needs them. The problem? That feature now has the potential to be exploited to reveal sensitive data. And to make matters worse, these flawed computer chips have been around since 1995…
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- Title
- How audiobooks are recorded
- Runtime
- 5:11
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- An audiobook narrator explains her process – and reads our writing.
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To investigate how audiobooks are made, we sat down with a professional audiobook narrator, Suzy Jackson, to break down her work. And to make the audiobook recording process even more apparent, Vox's Phil Edwards wrote one for her. According to Suzy Jackson, the hardest part of recording an audiobook isn't acting as different characters, it's the long hours. And random esophageal noises.
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- Title
- How rats take advantage of human failure
- Runtime
- 5:14
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Rats are grosser than we thought, but it's not their fault.
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It's estimated that there are over 2 million rats in New York City alone. They often carry infectious diseases like E. Coli and Salmonella and gnaw on infrastructure, causing billions of dollars in damage every year.
But is any of this the rat's fault? Rodentologist Bobby Corrigan says that rats can only succeed in the midst of human failure. If we were smarter mammals, better at disposing our trash and taking care of our infrastructure, then we wouldn't have to worry about rats in our cities.
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- Title
- The chocolate science hype machine
- Runtime
- 5:40
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The dark side of Mars-sponsored chocolate studies.
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Chocolate is good for your health, one study concludes. Another study indicates chocolate can be a useful aid to weight-loss. Senior moments? Chocolate may be the answer to your problems. These are just a few of the headlines about chocolate's effect on your health. However, the claims made about chocolate's glorious benefits need to be taken with a grain of salt.
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- Title
- The new US tax law, explained with cereal
- Runtime
- 3:09
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- We're a few Crunch Berries short, friends.
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There’s a new tax law in town. It passed without a single vote from Democrats in the House or the Senate, and it’s a huge windfall for the richest Americans, including President Donald Trump.
But Republicans didn’t just want any new tax law, they wanted to reform the tax code. To give the richest Americans a big tax cut while still funding the government’s essential functions, like building roads and flying fighter jets, the GOP needed to find tax rev...
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- How the US failed to rebuild Afghanistan
- Runtime
- 6:09
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- "Where the road ends in Afghanistan, the Taliban begin."
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The US war in Afghanistan has raged for 16 years, since the US invaded after 9/11, in 2001. At the onset, a centerpiece of US strategy was to rebuild Afghanistan's crumbling infrastructure. This move expedited military logistics and maneuvers, while simultaneously reigniting travel between Afghanistan's major cities. But when the US started its war in Iraq, that diverted resources and manpower from the battlefield of Afghanistan. And the Taliban didn't miss the chance. To date, the most ambitious roadbuilding project, known as the Ring Road, has seen over $3 billion spent on its renewal. And it was never completed.
To truly understand the international conflicts and trends shaping our world you need a big-picture view. Video journalist Sam Ellis uses maps to tell these stories and chart their effects on foreign policy.
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- Title
- The real reason Amelia Earhart is so famous
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- 7:04
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- A carefully executed publicity campaign turned a pretty average pilot into an aviation legend.
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Amelia Earhart is often thought of as the first or greatest female pilot of her time. But the real reason she is seen as an aviation legend comes from a carefully executed publicity campaign starting with her transatlantic passenger flight in 1928, which launched her out of obscurity and into celebrity status. From there, she pursued an ambitious career of record-breaking and stunts in order to stay in the headlines and fund her aviation career.
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- Title
- Here's how Trump's nuclear "button" actually works...
- Runtime
- 2:17
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- There's no physical button, but there is a "football" and "biscuit".
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Just a week into 2018, Donald Trump tweeted a provocative message directed at the North Korean regime's leader, Kim Jong Un. His message cited a "nuclear button", and claimed that his was much larger than Kim's. But how does the U.S. protocol for launching nuclear warheads actually work? It's a process that's designed to be fast - there are only a few steps. But it's still more complicated than a simple button.
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- Title
- Iran's massive protests, explained in 4 minutes
- Runtime
- 4:20
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- How the price of eggs sparked an uprising in Iran.
Read more about the protests on Vox.com here: http://bit.ly/2m2r4k0.
Since December 28th, Iran has undergone multiple days of populist protests. At least 20 deaths have occurred, as protestors clash with Iranian security forces, and hundreds of people have been arrested. The demonstrations began in Mashad, Iran's second largest cit, and have since spread throughout the country. There are multiple reasons for the protests, but the main one seems to stem from Iran's halting economy.
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- Title
- Why the market for skin whitening is growing
- Runtime
- 6:27
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Skin whitening has proven to be damaging, physically and mentally. But sales are booming. The market is predicted to be worth $31.2 billion by 2024.
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- Title
- Takeout creates a lot of trash. It doesn't have to.
- Runtime
- 7:03
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Our single-use items aren't helping the fight against climate change but there are easy hacks to reduce and reuse.
Climate Lab is produced by the University of California in partnership with Vox. Hosted by conservation scientist Dr. M. Sanjayan, the videos explore the surprising elements of our lives that contribute to climate change and the groundbreaking work being done to fight back. Featuring conversations with experts, scientists, thought leaders and activists, the series demystifies topics like nuclear power, food waste and online shopping to make them more approachable and actionable for those who want to do their part. Sanjayan is an alum of UC Santa Cruz, a Visiting Researcher at UCLA and the CEO of Conservation International.
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- Title
- N.E.R.D.'s hit song "Lemon" owes a lot to New Orleans bounce
- Runtime
- 9:59
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Big Freedia explains where “Lemon” got its bounce from.
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For the final episode of Earworm I'm digging into N.E.R.D.'s hit song "Lemon" featuring Rihanna. Its sound is quintessential Pharrell: happy, energetic, and bouncy. The more I listened to it though, the more I realized that its bouncy energy was inspired by a genre of hip-hop that has rarely trickled into the mainstream – New Orleans Bounce.
To learn more about the genre and to get the definitive answer on whether "Lemon" is a bounce song, I spoke with Big Freedia, a Native of New Orleans and an artist widely credited with bringing bounce music to the masses.
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- 2017, in 7 minutes
- Runtime
- 6:47
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- In a tumultuous 2017, these are some of the stories that defined the year.
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- Title
- How this military explosive is poisoning American soil
- Runtime
- 6:52
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The bomb that went off twice: https://features.propublica.org/bombs-in-our-backyard/military-pollution-rdx-bombs-holston-cornhusker/
In our latest ProPublica collaboration, we report on RDX, one of the world’s most powerful conventional explosives developed by the U.S. military. But it’s now believed by many to cause cancer, and is increasingly turning up in drinking water supplies near military sites across the country.
Check out the full ProPublica piece at https://features.propublica.org/bombs-in-our-backyard/military-pollution-rdx-bombs-holston-cornhusker/ for the in-depth reporting, and stay tuned for more stories in this collaboration! If you'd like to sign up to receive more ProPublica journalism, go here: http://propub.li/2hwf4V9
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- Title
- Filthy Frank fans made us do this
- Runtime
- 9:19
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Filthy Frank is a star. But is he an artist or an asshole?
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Whether you call him George Miller, Joji, Pink Guy, Filthy Frank (or Salamander Man, Safari Man, Chin-Chin, Santa's Brother, etc), one thing is clear — Filthy Frank has dominated the internet, from memes like the Harlem Shake to rants that have consistently earned millions of views. His fans even mobilized to direct our crowdsourced video to be about Frank's lore.
That lore includes characters like Filthy Frank himself, fake Frank, Pink Guy, Chin-Chin, Prometheus, Red Dick, and many others. It's been chronicled in a book about "Francis of the Filth," recapped on Filthy Frank Wikias, and shown up in other YouTube videos.
The lore of Filthy Frank proves to be a complicated topic. More than listing off mythology about "chromosomes" and "realms" of the "omniverse," it's a starting off point for a debate about whether Filthy Frank, a...
- Title
- How Trump makes extreme things look normal
- Runtime
- 7:24
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The scariest part of Trump's first year as president isn't how abnormal he is, it's how normal he makes everything else look by comparison.
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“Don’t normalize this” has become a kind of rallying cry during President Trump’s first year in office -- a reminder to not get too acclimated to Trump’s norm-breaking and erratic behavior.
But the real danger of the Trump presidency might have less to do with Trump’s abno...
- Title
- Where babies in movies come from
- Runtime
- 5:07
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- What hoops do you have to jump through to cast a baby in your movie?
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There are many rules and regulations involved in casting babies in movies. Babies have been in film since the birth of cinema, but many of the practices have changed since then. Some states like California have very stringent rules about baby employment on film sets. But the regulations are on a state by state basis and vary wildly. We spoke with a baby agent about what you have to do in order to cast a baby in your movie.
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- Title
- How smart is today's artificial intelligence?
- Runtime
- 7:53
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Current AI is impressive, but it's not intelligent.
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Sources:
https://hbr.org/2016/11/what-artificial-intelligence-can-and-cant-do-right-now
https://www.mckinsey.com/global-themes/digital-disruption/harnessing-automation-for-a-future-that-works
https://www.amazon.com/Master-Algorithm-Ultimate-Learning-Machine/dp/0465065708
https://ai100.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/ai_100_report_0831fnl.pdf
https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/blog/business-focus-artificial-intelligence-rising-2/
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.368.2254&rep=rep1&type=pdf
http://yann.lecun.com/exdb/publis/pdf/jackel-95.pdf
https://www.recode.net/2016/5/4/11634228/learning-about-deep-learning
https://www.theverge.com/2016/7/12/12158238/first-click-deep-learning-algorithmic-black-boxes
https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/30/15124466/ai-photo-style-transfer-...
- Title
- A teenager's journey through weight loss surgery
- Runtime
- 8:56
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Diets and exercise fail most people with severe obesity. So Jewel elected to become one of the few teenage patients of bariatric surgery. For more on Jewel's weight loss journey and the science of bariatric surgery, read our feature article: http://bit.ly/vox-jewel
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Jewel is an 18 year old high-school student who is obese. After trying diets and exercise, she chose to undergo bariatric surgery. It's an operation usually reserved for adults, but more and more teenagers are finding success with it. It comes with a variety of risks, but the potential is great. She could see a reduction in her risk for cancer, diabetes, sleep apnea and lots of other related diseases.
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- Title
- How the end of net neutrality could change the internet
- Runtime
- 5:03
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The Federal Communications Commission has voted to repeal the Net Neutrality protections it adopted in 2015. Here's what that means for the future of the internet.
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- Title
- Star Wars’ infamous Holiday Special, explained
- Runtime
- 7:28
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- How the 1978 spinoff accidentally shaped the Star Wars universe.
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A long time ago in living rooms across the US, a bizarre 98-minute Star Wars-themed variety show aired on CBS to an estimated 13 million viewers. It wasn't necessarily the first of its kind: hosts like Donny & Marie Osmond and Richard Pryor had done TV variety shows with Star Wars characters in 1977, which had helped boost box office sales. But unlike those shows, the Holiday Special featured the original film's cast. George Lucas was convinced to approve the project in order to maintain interest in the franchise until The Empire Strikes Back's 1980 release — but the special itself is a confusing mess. A crossdressing Harvey Korman leads a cooking show segment, Jefferson Starship stars in a holographic concert, and Chewbacca's dad watches some very suggestive virtual reality entertainment. But if nothing else, the Holiday Special was one of the f...
- Title
- Why this elbow is a TIME person of the year
- Runtime
- 2:41
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The “Silence Breakers” are outliers. Most assault goes unreported.
Sources:
TIME’s reporting: http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2017-silence-breakers
and http://time.com/5052362/time-person-of-the-year-2017-arm-cover
RAINN statistics: https://www.rainn.org/statistics/criminal-justice-system
EEOC report (PDF): https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/task_force/harassment/upload/report.pdf
Time magazine named "the Silence Breakers" its Person of the Year for 2017. These are the women and men who shared their stories of assault, harassment, and hostility and publicly named their alleged abusers. But the story goes beyond the magazine’s cover.
That elbow in the lower right-hand corner is attached to a young hospital worker from Texas, who anonymously reported her harassment for fear of the negative impact it could have on her and her family. It represents a much larger contingent than the women on the cover: the silenc...
- Title
- The diet that helps fight climate change
- Runtime
- 5:40
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- You don’t have to go vegan to fight climate change. Research shows that small changes to our diets can make big differences.
Climate Lab is produced by the University of California in partnership with Vox. Hosted by conservation scientist Dr. M. Sanjayan, the videos explore the surprising elements of our lives that contribute to climate change and the groundbreaking work being done to fight back. Featuring conversations with experts, scientists, thought leaders and activists, the series demystifies topics like nuclear power, food waste and online shopping to make them more approachable and actionable for those who want to do their part. Sanjayan is an alum of UC Santa Cruz, a Visiting Researcher at UCLA and the CEO of Conservation International.
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- Title
- These factory workers get paid to go to school
- Runtime
- 8:13
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Can we make apprenticeships great again?
In many cases, automation is changing the workforce faster than we can keep up. Manufacturers say they expect to have millions of unfilled positions. Adapting apprenticeship programs could help close the expanding wage and skills gaps by giving people another option for job training.
If you're interested in reading more about the pros and cons to apprenticeships here are some helpful links that I used for my research:
Department of Labor: https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/training/apprenticeship
Cost analysis study from Case Western Reserve University:
http://www.esa.doc.gov/sites/default/files/the-benefits-and-costs-of-apprenticeships-a-business-perspective.pdf
Deloitte:
https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/manufacturing/articles/boiling-point-the-skills-gap-in-us-manufacturing.html
Brookings Institute:
https://www.brookings.edu/blog...
- Title
- NASA's plan to save Earth from a giant asteroid
- Runtime
- 6:29
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Don’t panic.
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65 million years ago, a large asteroid collided with Earth near present-day Chicxulub, Mexico. The impact was a climactic event that likely contributed to dinosaur extinction. Today, Earth remains vulnerable to asteroid collisions. In recent history, space rocks have landed in The United States, Russia, and elsewhere. In the event of a potential asteroid collision, NASA has developed several options for dealing with the threat. Researchers at NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies and Jet Propulsion Laboratory have proposed using blunt force, weaponized deflection or a theoretical tool called a gravity tractor to deflect impact. In addition to developing contingency plans, NASA scientists are also searching the sky for future asteroid threats.
Sources:
Source article: https://www.vox.com/a/asteroid-day
Chicxulub impa...
- Title
- The US medical system is still haunted by slavery
- Runtime
- 8:50
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Black women's history matters in medicine.
Read ProPublica's feature piece on how the US is the most dangerous industrialized country in which to give birth, and racial disparities in maternal mortality make it even worse for women of color: https://www.propublica.org/article/nothing-protects-black-women-from-dying-in-pregnancy-and-childbirth And they're seeking your help in understanding the problem. If you nearly died during pregnancy or know someone who died due to childbirth related causes, check out this page for more information: http://propub.li/2Ae5RMi
At 0:54, a previous version of this chart mistakenly said "deaths per 1,000 live births," but it is "100,000" instead. The error has been fixed.
UPDATE: On Tuesday, April 17, 2018 — New York removed the statue of J. Marion Sims as part of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s review of city markers that could be deemed “symbols of hate.”
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- Title
- How J Dilla humanized his MPC3000
- Runtime
- 10:24
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- J Dilla made his MPC3000 musical.
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There's a halo of reverence around J Dilla, a producer and beatmaker from Detroit who made some of the most fascinating and influential beats in hip hop history. Before his early death in 2006, J Dilla worked with countless artists and producers - from Erykah Badu and Janet Jackson to Busta Rhymes and Madlib - and developed an off-kilter style of rhythm and sampling that transcended the machine he used to create music, the Akai Midi Production Center, otherwise known as the MPC.
Spotify Playlist created by Okayplayer: https://open.spotify.com/user/okayplayer87/playlist/0Xd9a6zJMMYLURcINKVkQd
Brian "Raydar" Ellis' music: https://soundcloud.com/raydarellis
To learn more about J Dilla, check our following sources:
Compiled list of Dilla samples: https://dilladata.wordpress.com/
Redbull Music Academy: http://www.redb...
- Title
- Europe’s most fortified border is in Africa
- Runtime
- 10:53
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- The death trap that separates Europe and Africa still can't stop everyone.
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Vox Borders Episodes:
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4. Mexico & Guatemala (https://youtu.be/1xbt0ACMbiA)
5. Nepal & The Himalaya (https://youtu.be/ECch2g1_6PQ)
6. Spain & Morocco (https://youtu.be/LY_Yiu2U2Ts)
The sixth and last Vox Borders episode deals with a border between Morocco and Spain. The journey to asylum is never easy. And ...
- Title
- The fight to make bad jobs better
- Runtime
- 8:45
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- It's easy to find a job, just not a good one.
Sources:
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/04_jobs_autor.pdf
https://cew-7632.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/Americas-Divided-Recovery-web.pdf
http://www.epi.org/publication/still-falling-short-on-hours-and-pay-part-time-work-becoming-new-normal/
https://krueger.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/akrueger/files/katz_krueger_cws_-_march_29_20165.pdf
https://cornerstonecapinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Retail-Automation_Stranded-Workers-Final-May-2017_corrected.pdf
https://newrepublic.com/political-ad-database
https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2013/04/art2full.pdf
http://www.unionstats.com/
https://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iag44-45.htm
https://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iag722.htm
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2942/text
http://sfgov.org/olse/formula-retail-employee-rights-ordinances
https://www.seattle.gov/laborst...
- Title
- How Technicolor changed movies
- Runtime
- 11:05
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- What was "glorious Technicolor?" It was a groundbreaking technology — but it was more than that, too.
Find an extra commentary video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJCtHs-dh0M
To learn more, check out:
The George Eastman Museum: https://eastman.org/
Eastman's Technicolor Online Research: https://www.eastman.org/technicolor-online-research-archive/
Barbara Flueckiger’s Timeline of Historical Film Colors: https://filmcolors.org/
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In this episode of Vox Almanac, Phil Edwards explores the history of Technicolor: both the technology and the company. Many people recognize Technicolor from The Wizard of Oz, but the technology existed long before then. Two strip Technicolor and three strip Technicolor both revolutionized the film industry and shaped the look of 20th century film.
But Technicolor also influenced movies thro...
- Title
- The real reason American health care is so expensive
- Runtime
- 5:42
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Hint: single-payer won’t fix America’s health care spending.
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Americans don't drive up the price by consuming more health care. They don't visit the doctor more than other developed countries:
http://international.commonwealthfund.org/stats/annual_physician_visits/
But the price we pay for that visit - for a procedure - it costs way more:
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/518a3cfee4b0a77d03a62c98/t/57d3ca9529687f1a257e9e26/1473497751062/2015+Comparative+Price+Report+09.09.16.pdf
The price you pay for the same procedure, at the same hospital, may vary enormously depending on what kind of health insurance you have in the US.
That's because of bar...
- Title
- Why cities are full of uncomfortable benches
- Runtime
- 4:00
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- That bench won't be yours forever.
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When designing urban spaces, city planners have many competing interests to balance. After all, cities are some of the most diverse places on the planet. They need to be built for a variety of needs.
In recent years, these competing interests have surfaced conflict over an unlikely interest: purposefully uncomfortable benches.
Enter the New York City MTA. They’ve installed 'leaning bars’ to supplement traditional benches & save platform space. But designs like this carry an often invisible cost: they rob citizens of hospitable public space. And the people who experience this cost most directly are those experiencing homelessness.
A few notes of thanks:
First to Historian A. Roger Ekirch who kindly got me up to speed on the expansion of streetlights in historic western city districts.
Another thanks goes to auth...
- Title
- Building a border at 4,600 meters
- Runtime
- 13:27
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- How China and Nepal are taming the Himalaya mountains.
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Vox Borders Episodes:
1. Haiti and the Dominican Republic ( https://youtu.be/4WvKeYuwifc)
2. The Arctic & Russia (https://youtu.be/Wx_2SVm9Jgo)
3. Japan & North Korea (https://youtu.be/qBfyIQbxXPs)
4. Mexico & Guatemala (https://youtu.be/1xbt0ACMbiA)
5. Nepal & The Himalaya (https://youtu.be/ECch2g1_6PQ)
6. Spain & Morocco (https://youtu.be/LY_Yiu2U2Ts)
For thousands of years, humans have drawn lines on the earth, dividing the planet into nations. But there are some parts of the world that no empire, nation or state has been able to tame.
In this epis...
- Title
- The robot-proof job men aren't taking
- Runtime
- 8:33
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Nursing is the job of the future. So why have men stayed away?
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It’s easy to imagine that the jobs of the future, if they even exist, will all revolve around technology. But it turns out, the jobs that are least likely to succumb to automation are those that involve building human relationships. The healthcare field is a prime example— nurses, physician assistants, and physical therapists have higher-than-average salaries and major expected job growth. These fields share something else in common— they’re dominated by women. Despite the erosion of traditionally “masculine” fields like manufacturing, men just aren’t taking these high-paying, in-demand healthcare jobs in the numbers you’d expect. For decades, nursing in particular has been considered “women’s work,” in part because it’s assumed that women, more so than men, have a kind of innate capacity for caring and empathy. But men in nursi...
- Title
- Road signs suck. What if we got rid of them all?
- Runtime
- 6:26
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Shared space designs, explained with 99% Invisible. Check them out here: https://99percentinvisible.org/
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Some cities in Europe are undergoing a fascinating transformation: they’re getting rid of all of their road signs. That’s thanks to a design concept called “shared space,” where urban planners drastically lessen the presence of traffic lights, signs, and barriers, encouraging all forms of transportation to share the road. There’s evidence that drivers often totally ignore road signs, so the heightened risk forces commuters to remain on high alert as they pass through an intersection, in theory leading to safer travel. But by stripping cities of their traditional traffic control systems, they leave disabled residents in the dark — and that’s sparked a powerful debate of how to balance ease of movement with all residents’ needs.
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- Title
- 9 charts to be thankful for: humanity is getting better
- Runtime
- 1:30
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- It's not all bad news out there.
For more data about how the world is getting better.
Longevity: https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy/
Global poverty: https://www.vox.com/world/2016/10/2/13123980/extreme-poverty-world-bank
Why the world bank uses a $1.90 a day poverty line: https://www.vox.com/2015/10/7/9465999/world-bank-poverty-line
Hunger: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SN.ITK.DEFC.ZS
Malaria: https://ourworldindata.org/malaria/
Child Labor: https://ourworldindata.org/child-labor/
War deaths: https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace/
Paris Climate accord: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/climate/syria-joins-paris-agreement.html?_r=0
Coal production: https://ourworldindata.org/fossil-fuels/#coal-production-by-region
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- Title
- How Trump turned Sean Hannity into a conspiracy theorist
- Runtime
- 7:49
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
- Description
- Hannity has transformed from typical right-wing pundit into Fox News' leading conspiracy theorist, and that's making the network's advertisers nervous.
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