Morning News Podcast: Biden’s First 100 Days, Laws Of Space & Winemakers

We recap Joe Biden’s accomplishments in his first 100 days in office and discuss the challenges ahead. 

Plus: the laws governing space exploration and why the biggest French wine makers are buying vineyards in California.
From Milan: Salone highlights, interviews and a daily running guide. 

Views: Plitviče Lakes National Park, Croatia

Plitviče Lakes National Park is a 295-sq.-km forest reserve in central Croatia. It’s known for a chain of 16 terraced lakes, joined by waterfalls, that extend into a limestone canyon. Walkways and hiking trails wind around and across the water, and an electric boat links the 12 upper and 4 lower lakes. The latter are the site of Veliki Slap, a 78m-high waterfall. 

Science Podcast: Storing Wind As Gravity Batteries, Donkeys Digging Wells

Contributing Correspondent Cathleen O’Grady joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about a company that stores renewable energy by hoisting large objects in massive “gravity batteries.” 

Also on this week’s show, Erick Lundgren, a postdoctoral researcher at Aarhus University, talks about how water from wells dug by wild horses and feral donkeys provides a buffer to all different kinds of animals and plants during the driest times in the Sonora and Mojave deserts. 

Real Estate Videos: Inside ‘Youtube Home Tours’

Luxury home tours on YouTube are exploding, and transforming the way high-end real estate is discovered and sometimes sold. YouTube personality Enes Yilmazer walks us through the making of a video for his channel, which gets an average of 15 million views a month. Photo: Mikey Ayers

Theorectical Physics: The ‘Constructor Theory’ Of Oxford’s Chiara Marletto

“Declaring something impossible leads to more things being possible,” writes the physicist Chiara Marletto. “Bizarre as it may seem, it is commonplace in quantum physics.”

Chiara Marletto is trying to build a master theory — a set of ideas so fundamental that all other theories would spring from it. Her first step: Invoke the impossible.

Constructor Theory is a new approach to formulating fundamental laws in physics. Instead of describing the world in terms of trajectories, initial conditions and dynamical laws, in constructor theory laws are about which physical transformations are possible and which are impossible, and why. This powerful switch has the potential to bring all sorts of interesting fields, currently regarded as inherently approximative, into fundamental physics. These include the theories of information, knowledge, thermodynamics, and life.

Read more about Marletto and David Deutsch’s constructor theory at Quanta Magazine: https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-to…

City Center Walks: Vienna – Austria (4K Video)

Vienna, Austria’s capital, lies in the country’s east on the Danube River. Its artistic and intellectual legacy was shaped by residents including Mozart, Beethoven and Sigmund Freud. The city is also known for its Imperial palaces, including Schönbrunn, the Habsburgs’ summer residence. In the MuseumsQuartier district, historic and contemporary buildings display works by Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt and other artists. 

Video recorded: April 23, 2021 Air temperature: 13 °C / 55 °F

Video timeline: 0:00​ Donaukanal / Aspernbrücke 2:00​ Stubenring 12:30​ Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Platz 14:00​ Wollzeile 21:00​ Rotenturmstraße 22:25​ Lichtensteg 23:25​ Ankeruhr 24:00​ Hoher Markt 26:00​ Wipplingerstraße 27:15​ Jordangasse 28:30​ Judenplatz 30:35​ Drahtgasse 31:40​ Am Hof 34:25​ Naglergasse 36:20​ Kohlmarkt 42:00​ Reitschulgasse 44:00​ Josefsplatz 44:50​ Augustinerstraße 48:25​ Operngasse 49:30​ Opernring 52:25​ Burggarten

Islands: The Unknown Rural Side Of Santorini

Santorini is one of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea. It was devastated by a volcanic eruption in the 16th century BC, forever shaping its rugged landscape. The whitewashed, cubiform houses of its 2 principal towns, Fira and Oia, cling to cliffs above an underwater caldera (crater). They overlook the sea, small islands to the west and beaches made up of black, red and white lava pebble.

Julia’s journey brings her to the glamorous island of Santorini, where she discovers how one of the Aegean’s poorest islands became a playground for the rich and famous.

Medicine: ‘How Vaccines Actually Work’ (Video)

Vaccines are medicines that train the body to defend itself against future disease, and they have been saving human lives for hundreds of years. Vaccines are medicines that train the body to defend itself against future disease.

Top New Camper Vans: 2022 Winnebago Travato 59KL

2022 Winnebago Travato Class B gas motorhome 59KL highlights:

  • Wet Bath
  • Two Twin Beds
  • Flex Bed System
  • 24″ HDTV
  • Pure Energy System

Pack your bags and head out across the country in this Travato Class B gas motorhome! The two twin beds can convert into a king-size bed if you’re traveling with your friend or spouse, and there is a convenient rear wet bath to freshen up every day. Prepare breakfast on the single-burner induction cooktop or in the convection microwave, and the pull-out countertop extension will give the chef more space to prep. The driver’s seat can swivel to use this countertop as a table, and the swivel passenger’s seat can use the additional adjustable/removable table for coffee. This model also includes the lithium Pure Energy Management System that provides 9,600W hours of store energy so that you can go off the beaten path for the ultimate journey!

Seaside Walks: ‘Soutwold – Southeast England’ (4K)

Southwold is a small town and civil parish on the English North Sea coast in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk. It lies at the mouth of the River Blyth within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.