Why the US government is always shutting down

How the US can shut down but other countries can’t Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Towards the end of every year the countdown until the United States government goes into a shutdown begins. Congress and the President usually avoid it in the last hour, but sometimes they don’t manage to...

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Why you don’t hear about the ozone layer anymore

Finally, some good news about the environment. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In the ’80s, scientists discovered there was a hole in the ozone over the South Pole. A significant layer of gas that deflects much of the sun’s radiation was disappearing much faster than anyone expected. Projections...

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How Farmers Are Fighting Challenges to Keep Food on Our Tables [Advertiser content from Tillamook]

“When the average person thinks about a farm, they most likely think of something from yesteryear. They don’t necessarily think about a part of our society that is vital to our food, our water, our climate and our future,” says David Haight, the VP of Programs at American Farmland Trust (AFT). But those farmers are taking on modern problems. Facing...

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The architecture trend dividing London's elites

Underground lairs have hollowed out London. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO One of London’s most unusual luxury trends might be its gigantic basements. Professor Roger Burrows and his coauthors collected data on every basement construction project in from 2008 to 2019, and mapped it....

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Why movies tilt the camera like this

The Expressionist origins of the "Dutch angle." Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The Dutch angle (also called the Dutch tilt, canted angle, or oblique angle) is a filmmaking technique that involves setting the camera at an angle and tilting the entire scene. You’ll see it everywhere from...

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The Taliban, explained

How they’ve taken over Afghanistan again. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The roots of the Taliban movement go back to 1979, when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. They were there to prop up a communist Afghan government that was supported by a minority of urban residents. But the vast...

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The chicken industry’s worker safety problem

There's a human cost to factory-processed chicken. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In the 1960s, the US began a love affair with chicken, and poultry workers paid the cost. Over the past few decades, poultry processing line speeds have increased to meet demand. But that’s happened in tandem with the decline of unions and deregulation...

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These intricate codes are more than skin deep [Advertiser content from PayPal]

Learn how QR codes are helping one Brooklyn-based tattoo artist run and streamline his business.

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The tricks that make slasher films look real

How do slasher villains slash slashlessly? Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Horror films — and specifically slashers — are known for abundant on-screen violence. Making that fake violence look real often comes down to props. Prop masters and special effects workers prepare knives, blood,...

Oct 2021

How we got to 10 million subs

Hint: We had help. Don’t miss any Vox milestones, sign up for our newsletter: http://vox.com/video-newsletter We know round-number bias is a little silly, but let us enjoy this one. 10 million subscribers is a huge milestone for our team. And to celebrate, we wanted to shout out some of the people and resources that have helped us make our videos....

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