Beautiful News Daily - February 23rd, 2020 - Germany's Renewables Are Pushing Back Coal and Nuclear (Narrated by Matthew) They call it energiewende: an energy revolution. Germany’s doing more than most to battle the climate crisis. It’s aiming for 65% renewable power by 2030. It’s already hit the 50% mark. Credits: David McCandless, InformationIsBeautiful.net. License: Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Source: https://informationisbeautiful.net/beautifulnews/742-germany-renewables This video was auto generated using data and media from InformationIsBeautiful.net. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn7Wjlf-4HM

Astronomy Picture of the Day - April 5th, 2022 - Seven Sisters versus California (Narrated by Amy) On the upper right, dressed in blue, is the Pleiades. Also known as the Seven Sisters and M45, the Pleiades is one of the brightest and most easily visible open clusters on the sky. The Pleiades contains over 3,000 stars, is about 400 light years away, and only 13 light years across. Surrounding the stars is a spectacular blue reflection nebula made of fine dust. A common legend is that one of the brighter stars faded since the cluster was named. On the lower left, shining in red, is the California Nebula. Named for its shape, the California Nebula is much dimmer and hence harder to see than the Pleiades. Also known as NGC 1499, this mass of red glowing hydrogen gas is about 1,500 light years away. Although about 25 full moons could fit between them, the featured wide angle, deep field image composite has captured them both. A careful inspection of the deep image will also reveal the star forming region IC 348 and the molecular cloud LBN 777 (the Baby Eagle Nebula). Image Credit & Copyright: Neven Krcmarek Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220405.html This video was auto generated using data from NASA Open API. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52eFR8POUQs

Beautiful News Daily - December 30th, 2019 - These Countries are Crushing it at Recycling (Narrated by Salli) Germany has been the world’s best recycler since 2005. But now there’s a race for the top spot. What gives all these countries the edge? Government funding. Landfill bans. Collection schemes. Incentives to encourage everyone to recycle. The result? Resources saved. Energy conserved. Environment protected. Credits: David McCandless, InformationIsBeautiful.net. License: Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Source: https://informationisbeautiful.net/beautifulnews/451-crushing-recycling This video was auto generated using data and media from InformationIsBeautiful.net. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6uJ6qLsZkM

Wikipedia Picture of the Day - April 24th, 2023 - Crested honey buzzard (Narrated by Brian) The crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus), also known as the Oriental honey buzzard, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Its size ranges from 57 to 60 centimetres (22 to 24 in). The name is derived from its diet, which consists mainly of the larvae of bees and wasps, extracted from honeycombs. It has several adaptations for this diet, including an elongated head for foraging on underground nests and a groove in the tongue for feeding on honey. A mass of short, dense feathers on the head and neck protect against stinging attacks by social wasps. The crested honey buzzard is a year-round resident in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Some birds migrate to Siberia and Japan during the summer for breeding. This crested honey buzzard was photographed in Mudumalai National Park, India. Photograph credit: Timothy A. Gonsalves Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:POTD/2023-04-24 This video was auto generated using data and media from Wikipedia. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d6fBbbTOpA