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President-elect Joseph R. Biden addressed the nation Saturday night in Wilmington, Delaware, hours after a win in Pennsylvania earned him the electoral votes necessary to secure the U.S. presidency. This is his full victory speech.
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:36) – Universe expansion
(08:00) – Dark energy
(15:28) – Scientific revolutions
(27:18) – Asteroid hitting Earth
(30:50) – Giant solar flares and the power grid
(37:50) – Elon Musk and space exploration
(42:41) – Exoplanets
(50:03) – Traveling close to the speed of light
(52:13) – Traveling faster than the speed of light
(1:00:39) – Intelligent life in the universe
(1:04:14) – Fermi Paradox
(1:13:52) – Finding alien life would be bad news
(1:18:49) – UFO sightings
(1:31:58) – Universe expansion speed
(1:36:42) – The universe is infinite
(1:40:58) – What happened before the Big Bang?
(1:45:14) – Roger Penrose
(1:48:48) – Nobel Prize for the accelerating universe
(2:10:23) – Supernova
(2:21:47) – The greatest story ever told
(2:25:44) – Richard Feynman
(2:32:37) – Meaning of life
Tim Harford explores what we know about mortality rates in the current pandemic. We discuss the differences between the risks to different age groups, and why that has an effect on a country?s Covid 19 fatality rate. We speak to Dr Hannah Ritchie from the University of Oxford and Dr Daniel Howdon of the University of Leeds in the UK.
This Saturday, November 7th, 2020, we are taking the rare step of putting out a short news update because every major news outlet has called the 2020 presidential race for Joe Biden.
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Sources:
Joe Biden Elected President: AP, NBC News, WSJ, WaPo, Biden Statement, Trump Statement
Why AP Called the Race: AP
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In this episode, we hear about the new young ruler of Egypt, Saladin, the man who would become the nemesis of the Crusaders. But his early years were fraught with difficulty and danger as the powerful ruler of the Zengid state in Syria, Nur ad-Din, sought to make him his vassal. Meanwhile, the Crusader King Amalric tried to ensure that Islam remained divided.
Please take a look at my website nickholmesauthor.com where you can download a free copy of The Byzantine World War, my book that describes the origins of the First Crusade.
Hany Rashwan, CEO of Amun/21Shares, explains how the proverbial bitcoin lightbulb went off when his native Egypt’s currency devalued in 2016.
This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.
Hany Rashwan is the CEO of Amun/21Shares, the creator of a variety of publicly traded crypto products with over $100 million assets under management.
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The multitalented musician and native Chicagoan Andrew Bird gifts us with new projects this Fall, including an acting role in the FX television drama Fargo and the release of a new holiday album entitled "Hark!".
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