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Podcast Episode 120 I Rock Art of Northern Pakistan
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8:24We bring you the ancient rock art of Northern Pakistan. Thousansd of carvings & inscriptions carved on boulders of the ancient Silk Road now part of the Karakoram Highway.By Saima Baig
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We are on a mission to talk about all the lesser known celestial objects in our skies. So, today we bring you Haumea, a dwarf planet that lives in the region beyond the orbit of our eighth planet Neptune.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 118 l The Burning Mountain in Azerbaijan: Yanar Dagh
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5:38Podcast Episode 118 is all about The Burning Mountain in Azerbaijan:, known as Yanar Dag. It has been burning since the 1950s.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 117 l Krakow: A Medieval Town
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10:25Podcast Episode 117 is all about Krakow, A Medieval Town in Poland that used to be its royal capital back when Krakow was on the trade routes.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 116 l Saturn’s Irregular Moon, Phoebe
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5:38Phoebe, Saturn’s largest irregular moon, was discovered in 1899. Orbiting in the opposite direction of Saturn's rotation, Phoebe is believed to be a captured icy body from the Kuiper Belt. Cassini’s 2004 flyby revealed its dark surface and icy layers. Phoebe also contributes to Saturn’s Phoebe Ring and Iapetus' two-tone appearance.…
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Podcast Episode 115 l Women Led Societies and Origin of Indo European Languages
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12:55A two part podcast episode on Women Led Societies in Britain and Origin of Indo European Languages, which are the fore-runners of most known in the world.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 114 l First Ever Witch Burned in UK Trials
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12:23Agnes Sampson was a Scottish woman accused of witchcraft during the infamous North Berwick witch trials in the late 16th century. Known as the "Wise Woman of Keith," she was a healer and midwife, which made her a target for suspicion. In 1591, Sampson was arrested, tortured, and ultimately confessed to practicing witchcraft, including allegedly att…
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Podcast Episode 113 l The two-toned moon of Saturn, Iapetus
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12:25Iapetus is one of Saturn's most intriguing moons, known for its striking two-tone appearance, with one hemisphere dark and the other bright. It has a highly inclined and slightly eccentric orbit, making it stand out among Saturn's moons. It also features a unique equatorial ridge, giving it the appearance of a walnut.…
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Podcast Episode 112 I Artemisia Gentileschi l Exceptional Baroque Artist
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5:19Artemisia Gentileschi was was one of the most accomplished and influential artists of the Baroque period (Baroque painting often dramatizes scenes using chiaroscuro light effects). Despite facing numerous challenges in a male-dominated society, she managed to carve out a successful career and leave an indelible mark on the art world.…
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Podcast I Darwin and Evolution by Natural Selection
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17:00This is our Podcast on Darwin & Evolution by Natural Selection celebrating Darwin Day on February 12, and World Evolution Day on November 24.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 111 l Tattoos on Mummies & Building Block of Life From Space
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5:44We’ve got two fascinating stories—one from deep space and the other from deep within history. firts about building blocks of life found in soil samples from asteroid Bennu. The next item is about scientists using lasers to reveal tattoos on mummies from the Chancay culture that existed on the Peruvian coast between roughly 900 and 1500 C.E.…
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Podcast Episode 110 l Malta – A Mediterranean Jewel
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14:19Podcast Episode 110 is all about Malta, A Mediterranean Jewel, an archipelago of islands & one of the smallest island nations full of historyBy Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 109 l An Old Fort in Pakistan I Kot Diji
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7:30This podcast episode is on Kot Diji Fort, an 18th century fort in Sindh province, Pakistan. It is built upon an ancient Harappan site.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 108 l Do stupendously large black holes exist?
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8:50Stupendously large black holes (SLABs) are theoretical cosmic giants, potentially reaching trillions of solar masses with radii about a light-year wide. Though unobserved, they could exist if black holes grew at extraordinary rates, possibly lurking in the centres of distant galaxies.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 15 | Ludwig Van Beethoven
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10:47A podcast to celebrate one of the most well known composers of all time: Ludwig van Beethoven. December 2020 marks 250 years of his birth, so what better time to celebrate the man and his music?By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 107 I Queen of the Waves Gertrude Ederle l Swimmer
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8:16Gertrude Ederle was an American Olympic champion and record-breaking swimmer. On August 6, 1926, she became the first woman to swim the English Channel beating the record of one of only five men who had done it before.By Saima Baig
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This podcast episode is on the the Nazca Lines, ancient lines carved on to the desert floor in Peru created over 2000 years ago.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 105 l Brown Dwarfs – Planets, stars, or something entirely different?
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12:02Brown Dwarfs – Planets, stars, or something entirely different? Scientists think they lie between the two and can't fuse hydrogen.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 104 I The Picture of the Cosmic Microwave Background
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7:12Podcast Episode 104 is about The Picture of the Cosmic Microwave Background captured first by the WMAP and then Planck telescope.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 103 I Kent’s Cavern: A Journey Through Time
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5:40Welcome to Podcast Episode 103 on Kent's Cavern: A Journey Through Time, a fascinating cave system in Torquay, Devon, on England's southern coast.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 102 l Human Evolution and the Ice Ages
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12:17This iepisode is on Human Evolution and how the Ice Ages impacted our lives for millennia. Perhaps even influencing our brains.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 101 l The History and Evolution of the Olympics
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11:06Podcast Episode 101 is on The History and Evolution of the Olympics, where we talk about their begining in ancient Greece and evolution.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 100 l Seven Modern Wonders of the World
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13:19The Seven Wonders of the World is a famous list of extraordinary constructions that have captivated our imagination for millennia and represent the pinnacle of ancient architectural and engineering achievements. These are the new seven wonders of the world, a list of which was compiled after a campaign was started to choose 'Wonders of the World' f…
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Podcast Episode 99 l Seven Ancient Wonders of the World
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6:20In this episode we discuss the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World that have inspired people and are the pinnacle of architecture.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 98 l Romania’s Growing, Moving & Reproducing Stones
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5:58Podcast Episode 98 is on Romania's Growing, Moving & Reproducing Stones that are only found in one small town.By Saima Baig
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Discovered in 1998, Seahenge is a 4000 year old structure, estimated to have been built around 2049 BC.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 96 l Cholistan Desert its forts
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7:13Podcast Episode 96 is Cholistan Desert its forts, ancient civilisations and its people. Derawar fort in particular is very beautiful.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 95 l How many moons does the Earth have?
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9:14Technically, Earth has only one Moon. But here is the interesting thing. Over millions of years, the number of moons has varied. We talk about their story in this episode.By Saima Baig
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This episode is on Noor Inayat Khan, an SOE agent with codename Madeleine sent to France in 1943 as a wireless operator to help the French resistance during World War II. Her job was to support the French resistance network known as Prosper.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 93 l A 3D Map of the Human Brain
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5:47A 3D Map of the Human Brain has been created by a collaboration between Harvard researchers and Google Research analysing 1,400 terabytes of data.By Saima Baig
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Deep in the heart of the Sahara Desert, amidst the scorching sands and towering dunes, lies a remarkable archaeological treasure - the Dabous Giraffes. They can be found on a sandstone outcrop in the Ténéré desert in the first foothills of the Aïr Mountains in North Central Niger. We tell their story in this episode of the 360 on History Podcast.…
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Podcast Episode 91 l Did this clay tablet describe an ancient asteroid impact?
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9:30Podcast Episode 91 is on an ancient asteroid. Does a clay tablet describe an ancient asteroid impact? Two scientists certainly thought that it described an asteroid hitting earthBy Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 90 l Our two cousins: A neanderthal and an orangutan
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6:41We are discussing two different amazing news items in today's podcast. We have the reconstruction of the face of a 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal and then we learn about an orangutan who healed itself with a medicinal plant.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 89 l Driving on the Left or Right
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8:28This 360 on History Podcast Episode is all about Driving. Whether you drive on the Left or Right, you can find out why here.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 88 l Mercian Queen Cynethryth
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9:08This Fantastic Women Series podcast is about Cynethryth, who was Queen of Mercia and exerted power and influence along with her husband King Offa.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 87 l How the moon was formed
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9:14Scientists have now answered the questions of how the moon was made in this New Simulation, showing that it formed very quickly after impact with another body called Theia. In this podcast we talk about the Moon, its structure and our fascination with it, as well as the new study.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 86 l Drastic Changes in Bird Evolution
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7:38Recent advancements in genomic sequencing and analysis have started to unravel the intricate story of avian evolution. Two studies, published on April 1 in the journals Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and Nature, shed light on a genetic anomaly approximately 65 million years old (exactly when that asteroid hit) that has obscu…
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Podcast Episode 85 is on The Eye of the Sahara, a geological structure found in the Saharan part of Mauritania in Africa.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 84 l When it rained for two million years: Carnian Pluvial Event
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5:31Podcast Episode 84 is on When it rained for two million years, known as the Carnian Pluvial EventBy Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 83 l Costa Rica’s Mysterious Stone Spheres
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9:36Costa Rica is a lush country, with amazing ecology and environment. Amongst its green landscape can be found ancient structures known as the stone spheres of Costa Rica. The 300 spheres lie on the Diquís Delta and on Isla del Caño. To the locals they are known as bolas de piedra (stone balls) and are said to be attributed to the now extinct Disquis…
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Podcast Episode 82 is on Rosalind Franklin a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer, whose work was central to understanding the structure of DNA.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 81 l Crypto and Climate Change
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8:52New Podcast Episode on Crypto and its impact on Climate Change with some possible Solutions that can decrease the impact.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 80 l Queen Kubaba of Mesopotamia
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7:26Queen Kubaba was was a legendary Mesopotamian queen according to the Sumerian King List, who ruled over the Kingdom of Kish. Legend has it that her rule lasted over 100 years before the rise of the dynasty of Akshak (a city of ancient Sumer, situated on the northern boundary of Akkad).By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 79 l Neptune – The Real Blue Planet
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11:17Podcast Episode 79 is all about Neptune, which is The Real Blue Planet in our Solar System, as well as being an ice-giant orbiting the Sun from far away.By 360onHistory
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Podcast Episode 78 l First ever solar heated house
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7:55There was a time when three pioneering women first decided to heat a home with solar energy in December 1948? So we celebrate this amazing innovation and these three fantastic women.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 77 l The Defenestrations of Prague
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9:24Have you heard of the Defenestration of Prague? First of all, how cool is the word defenestration? It means throwing someone out of the window and it happened three times in Prague's history. Listen to what happened in our latest podcast.By Saima Baig
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The Americas have been traditionally considered new territories with civilisations not as old as the rest of the world. Even so, we find fascinating signs of varying cultures in both north and south America. Mesoamerica especially, is replete with different cultures that fascinated archaeologists - and us - ever since their discoveries. One of such…
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Podcast Episode 75 l The Greenwich Time Lady
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7:31In late 19th-century and early 20th-century Britain, time itself was a commodity up for sale. In a world before smartphones and atomic clocks, a remarkable woman known as Ruth Belville sold time to the people of London.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 74 l The Berlin Wall Treehouse
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6:09Osman Kalin, the man behind the Treehouse, was a Turkish worker who had come to Berlin in search of a better life. Undeterred by the restrictions and tensions of the divided city, he found solace in a small triangular traffic island nestled between the East and West Berlin border walls.By Saima Baig
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Podcast Episode 73 l The Fall of the Berlin Wall
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8:21The Berlin Wall Fell On November 9, 1989. As the cold war started to fizzle out, with revolutions and unrest all across the Eastern Bloc, the spokesman for the Communist Party of East Berlin was meant to announce a change in its relations with the west and a relaxation of the stringent border crossing laws. Instead, Günter Schabowski, a communist p…
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