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The Music of Medieval Iran – An Introduction to Middle-Eastern Music Theory

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Medieval Iranian Music

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2IPYRXleuo&ab_channel=FaryaFaraji[/embed] This is an introductory overview of the most general aspects of Medieval Iranian music; it also serves as an insight into Middle-Eastern, Near-Eastern, and most historical Greek musical traditions as a whole, so even though the concepts here are described using a Medieval Iranian lens and terminology, they also apply broadly to much of…

Mushrooms can “talk” to each other — and they get extra chatty after a rain, study suggests | Salon.com

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What has no eyes, ears, brains or nerves, but still manages to talk?The answer is mushrooms — which, despite appearing docile and still as plants, are most definitely not, as they do not even photosynthesize. Yet these inanimate fungi have incredible ways of communicating that researchers are only beginning to understand.A new study in the…

An Oregon boy found a mammoth tooth in his grandmother’s backyard – The Washington Post

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“We were all pretty shocked and excited,” Johnson said. “We’ve enjoyed rockhounding in our family for years, but nobody has ever found anything like this.”“It’s definitely much cooler than the stuff I found as a kid,” she added.O’Grady was also enthusiastic about Jeremiah’s backyard discovery. Johnson had emailed him photos of the grooved tooth after…

Food Theory: How to CONQUER Spicy Food! (Hot Ones Challenge)

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[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVnikEoeruU&ab_channel=TheFoodTheorists[/embed] What is the BEST way to stop the heat of a spicy hot wing? We’ve tested some zany solutions in the past, but this episode it’s about to get weirder. Hang with us as we complete the Hot Ones Challenge from @FirstWeFeast and try not to die from the heat overload. Plus stick around…

A Lost War of the Indo-European Gods? The Mythology of Conflict

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[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN8vDKt5yqw&ab_channel=Crecganford[/embed] Within many Indo-European and Near Eastern Mythologies there are stories of conflict, many of which, on the surface, feel like they are related. Could this mean that they are, that there was a huge war of the gods between pantheons now lost in time to more modern stories? This is what I’m going to…

McMindfulness: When Capitalism Goes Buddhist

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[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aXDTUnea1M&ab_channel=ElliotSang[/embed] Buddhism is sometimes charged as the ideal religion for upholding unfair systems, encouraging practitioners to meditate ostensibly without acting on injustice. But is there more beneath the surface of Buddhism as taught to us under capitalism? And is this quality of “mindfulness” being, in fact, misused by neoliberals to continue exploitative economic systems?

What is Cinco de Mayo? A teacher’s TikTok videos put a Gen Z lens

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Aimee Preciado has been participating in her local Cinco de Mayo celebrations in McFarland, California, for almost a decade now. For a long time she thought the Mexican holiday celebrated the country’s independence.“I just never thought too deeply about it,” said Preciado, 17, a junior of Mexican American heritage at McFarland High School.She learned more…

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