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Video: This is Home with Brage Vestavik



The Viking at home where his journey to the forefront of freeriding all began.
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Enhance Your Silhouette: The Top Picks for Best Tummy Control Shapewear

We all know the struggle – sometimes, no matter how hard we hit the gym or watch our diet, there’s that stubborn tummy bulge that just won’t budge. But don’t worry, we’ve got your back (or should I say, your front?)!  Today, we’re diving into the world of tummy control shapewear, those magical pieces that ... Read more

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Viking Ring Styles Through Different Historical Periods

Viking rings, with their intricate designs and cultural significance, offer a captivating glimpse into the history of the Viking Age. These rings, often crafted from precious metals and adorned with intricate motifs, are not only exquisite pieces of jewelry but also artifacts that provide insights into the evolving tastes, craftsmanship, and societal changes of the ... Read more

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Are Pre Workout Supplements Good For You?

Attaining peak physical performance requires endurance, determination, and hard work. No wonder many fitness enthusiasts turn to pre-workout supplements to help them push their limits and achieve their goals. These products promise to enhance energy, focus, and endurance, ultimately leading to more productive workouts and better results. However, the question remains: are pre-workout supplements truly ... Read more

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Macronutrients Unveiled: A Comprehensive Look at Their Roles in a Balanced Diet

Welcome to an enlightening exploration into the world of macronutrients. These fundamental components of our diet — proteins, carbohydrates, and fats — play integral roles in our body’s physiological functions. While they’re clearly important to our health and well-being, they often remain shrouded in mystery for most of us. By learning more about macronutrients, you’ll understand how ... Read more

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Top Urology Conferences to Attend in 2024 ─ Key Events for Professionals

Amid the countless challenges that healthcare professionals face daily, the pursuit of knowledge often shines as a beacon of hope. For those in the field of urology, attending conferences can be a transformative experience, merging education with the invaluable exchange of ideas. Imagine stepping into a room filled with experts who share the same passion ... Read more

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Extreme ivory poaching led to tuskless elephants in Mozambique

As the country’s civil war decimated elephant populations, the proportion of tuskless females rose dramatically. A new study explains why the tuskless trend continued in peacetime.




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The Cannabis Question Outreach Toolkit and Community Events




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In a first, astronomers find a potential planet outside the Milky Way

The exoplanet candidate is about the size of Saturn and located in a Whirlpool galaxy system 28 million light-years from Earth.




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NOVA Universe Revealed Outreach Toolkit

The NOVA Universe Revealed Community Outreach Toolkit contains strategies for organizing events around the content of the five-part series as well as examples of hands-on activities and a wide range of multimedia educational resources aligned to the content of each episode.




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NASA launches mission to redirect an asteroid—by striking it with a spacecraft

As the first-ever “full-scale planetary defense test” to deflect a space rock, the DART mission aims to show that protecting Earth from a hazardous asteroid is possible.




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You didn't get sucked into a black hole. Now what?

Not everything that crosses a supermassive black hole’s accretion disc gets spaghettified, astrophysicists say.




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OSIRIS-REx is bringing back an asteroid sample. What now?

The debris NASA’s asteroid-touching spacecraft collected could help us learn about the origins of our solar system. But for that to happen, scientists have to protect it from just about everything.




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Epstein-Barr infection found to increase risk of multiple sclerosis

The underlying cause of multiple sclerosis is not yet known, but Epstein-Barr virus is a possible culprit, Harvard researchers say.




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How African Indigenous knowledge helped shape modern medicine

In the 1700s, an enslaved man named Onesimus shared a novel way to stave off smallpox during the Boston epidemic. Here’s his little-told story, and how the Atlantic slave trade and Indigenous medicine influenced early modern science.




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Adapting national parks for wheelchair hiking

The trails through our public lands weren’t designed for wheelchairs, but new wheelchairs are designed for those trails. National Park Service accessibility specialist Quinn Brett wants parks to catch up with wheelchair technology, increasing access to American wilderness.




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Scientists capture first-ever image of our galaxy’s supermassive black hole

The Event Horizon Telescope team has captured the first image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way.




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Human tracks may be earliest evidence of people in North America

Footprints in New Mexico’s White Sands National Park challenge scientists’ timeline of when humans first came to North America.




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6 stinking cool facts about dog noses

Dogs can sniff out disease and analyze new odors even as they exhale. But how?




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The science of fireworks

And why it’s so hard to make blue ones.




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A new game teaches financial literacy and decision-making

How can you identify and overcome biases that hurt you financially? NOVA teamed up with Duke University’s Center for Advanced Hindsight to design the NOVA Financial Lab, a game that breaks down the behavioral science behind financial decision-making.




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Why you can’t really overcook mushrooms

Mushrooms are remarkably forgiving. Here’s the science of why.




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How air fryers work, scientifically speaking

Here’s how hot air can “fry” food.




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Koalas have fingerprints almost identical to ours

Koalas are the only non-primates with fingerprints. How is that possible—and why?




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How do psychedelics work? This brain region may explain their effects

The claustrum seems to act as a switchboard, telling different parts of the brain when to turn on and off. But what happens when the switchboard operator steps away?




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What to do with an invasive fish? Make leather

Venomous lionfish are taking over the Caribbean and the Mediterranean Sea, eating everything in their paths. One solution: handbags and belts.




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NASA’s Artemis I moon rocket finally launches

NASA’s massive SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft kick off a series of missions to put humans back on the Moon.




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5 reasons why humans are going back to the Moon

Earth’s natural satellite could be a jumping-off point for future space exploration.




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Students tell local climate stories in NOVA filmmaking program

Students across the country are participating in NOVA's film production program to make videos about climate change solutions in their local communities.




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Why it's so hard to make salt water drinkable

Seawater might seem like an obvious solution to water scarcity, but it comes at a cost.




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How NASA makes those spectacular space images

The James Webb Space Telescope only captures infrared light, but imaging developers can convert the invisible into something both beautiful and scientifically accurate.




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How do induction stoves work?

Here’s how a magnetic field can heat up your pans.




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Weathering the Future Outreach Toolkit

Use this toolkit to organize community screenings which educate the public, provide a space to discuss local impacts, and brainstorm community solutions.




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Why Is the Sky Blue?

The familiar sky we see today wasn’t always blue.




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Secrets in Your Data Outreach Toolkit and Events

Use the Secrets in Your Data Outreach Toolkit to organize screenings and events in your community about personal data privacy and security online.




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5 Little-Known Facts About the Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is an engineering icon that changed the face of the modern world.




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7 NOVA Documentaries on Iconic Landmarks

Learn how some of the great structures of the world—the Eiffel Tower, the Great Pyramids, and more—were built.




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Sleepwalking: What Happens in the Brain?

Why sleepwalkers can paint, eat, or even drive when part of their brain is asleep.




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STAFF PICKS: Favorite NOVA Documentaries

Enjoy these NOVA staff favorites.




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Why the Sky Changes Colors at Sunset

What causes those beautiful reds, oranges, and pinks at sunset?




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Saoirse Ronan says her experience as a child actor continues to shape her work

Ronan credits her parents and the filmmakers she worked with as a child for keeping acting fun. She stars as a woman struggling with addiction in The Outrun and as a World War II mother in Blitz.




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Need a break from politics? Marvel at the 'Vanishing Treasures' of the natural world

With 23 short essays on creatures ranging from the wombat to the spider, Katherine Rundell's new book is essential reading for anyone whose wonder could use a jumpstart.




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How the 1874 Freedman's Bank collapse connects to economic disparities we see today

In Savings and Trust, historian Justene Hill Edwards tells the story of the Freedman's Bank. Created for formerly enslaved people following the Civil War, its collapse cost depositors millions.




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Fewer Black men are enrolling in HBCUs. Here's why and what's being done

The absolute number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it's been since 1976.




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Kids at an Arizona tribal school learn about democracy with their own lunch vote

Kids at a tribal school in Arizona are preparing for their own election to determine their favorite school lunch: pizza or chicken nuggets? And they're learning about democracy along the way.




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In this school’s election, it’s pizza vs. chicken nuggets, with democracy as the winner

At an Arizona tribal school, it's a fierce campaign to pick the top school lunch, as students learn about making their voice count




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Dear Life Kit: Is it a faux pas to create a 'happy graduation' registry for myself?

An NPR listener is graduating soon with her MBA. She wants to know if it's OK celebrate her achievement by asking loved ones to buy her gifts from a registry, similar to what people do for weddings.




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President-elect Trump names John Ratcliffe as his pick for CIA director

Ratcliffe previously served as the director of national intelligence during Trump's first term, where he oversaw all 18 of the nation's intelligence agencies.




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'Orbital' by Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize

Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her science fiction novel Orbital. The novel follows six international astronauts as they orbit the Earth for one day of their nine-month space mission.




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Hugh Grant shows his dark side in 'Heretic'

In Heretic, Hugh Grant plays the villain. He tells Morning Edition that actors are drawn to the bad guys "rather than the dreary, goody-two-shoes lead."