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The original Kodak camera changed photography forever. Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships In 1888, Eastman Kodak patented roll film, and the company's business model of selling film, and then processing and printing the photos taken on that film for their consumers, made photography available to the masses for the first time. Before the Kodak No. 1 box camera debuted, photography was a complicated process involving chemistry and expertise on big, bulky equipment. When Kodak introduced the Brownie and sold it for a dollar in 1900, photography went fully mainstream. The company dominated the film sales and development market during the 20th century and successfully marketed its automatic cameras as crucial to capturing fleeting moments — at home and on vacation. But digital camera sales began to outpace film camera sales in the early 2000s, and Kodak failed to keep up. They filed for bankruptcy in 2012 but do still exist and sell film, albe

How our digital lives are impacting our climate goals. This video is presented by Klaviyo. Klaviyo has no editorial influence on our work, but their support makes videos like these possible. In our new series, Explain it To Me, Vox takes audience questions and we do our best to report, investigate and deliver an answer. For this video, a retired schoolteacher in New York named Kathy submitted a question to us about how things like cryptocurrency, cloud storage and artificial intelligence are impacting our climate goals. Crypto, AI and cloud storage are all a part of the carbon footprint of data centers. In this video we unpack what exactly we know about data centers’ growing electricity demands, how AI is factoring into that picture, and whether clean energy can keep up. Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (????) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Here are links to the sour

Cheese is yellow, milk is white. What’s going on here? Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships While making a grilled cheese the other day, a question popped into my mind: Why is cheese often yellow even though milk is white? Of course, this isn’t entirely true across the (cheese)board — cheese comes in a remarkable range of colors, from pale white to deep yellow-orange. Take cheddar, for instance — it can be found in both shades. So which color is the "real" cheese? To unravel this mystery, I sat down with Paul Kindstedt, former president of the American Dairy Science Association and a professor emeritus at the University of Vermont. Our conversation spanned over an hour, delving into the fascinating history of cheese, its evolving colors, and the marketing influences that have shaped our perceptions. In the latest Vox video, we dive into it all, shedding light on the surprising connections between color, culture, and the art of cheesemaking — a

Why the right side of a tropical cyclone is the most dangerous. Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships The “dirty side” of a hurricane refers to the part of the storm that usually brings the highest impacts: the greatest winds, greatest tornado risk, and greatest storm surge and flooding. In the case of Atlantic hurricanes, which rotate counterclockwise, the “dirty side” is on the right — where the winds are moving in the same direction as the storm, combining their speeds. This is why the greatest risk of storm surge during a hurricane is at the center of the storm, in the “eyewall,” and to the right of it, where the forward-moving winds push water onto shore. Because the center of the storm is the strongest, forecasters tend to focus on tracking it, using a popular tool called the “forecast cone,” which shows the potential path of the center of a storm, but leaves out the wider impact areas. So many viewers of hurricane forecasts don’t realiz

Red 3 has been banned for use in cosmetics and topical drugs since 1990. Why is it still in our food? Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships In 1990, the FDA banned the use of Red No. 3 in topical drugs and cosmetics. Their cited reasoning was that the color additive was “not shown to be safe,” because when fed to rats, Red No. 3 was found to slightly increase the risk of thyroid cancer. Today, that same dye is still found in candy corn, ring pops, Pez, and nearly 3,000 other foods that we eat, which raises the question: If it’s not safe to put on our skin … is it really safe to ingest? Many researchers, advocates, and now state lawmakers say no. Last year, California passed a bill formally banning Red Dye No. 3 and several other additives from food in the state. The bill gives the food industry until 2027 to remove the additives from their products. The industry is already responding, with companies like Pediasure quickly removing the dye from

And why they sometimes surprise us in presidential elections. Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (????) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Polls seem to be dominating the news cycle this US election season, and they’re giving people cause to celebrate or despair depending on how their preferred candidate is faring in them. But if you understand what polls are actually capable of telling you, it might dispel any desire you have for them to predict whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will be the next president. We interviewed pollsters about their processes and explained the basics of how they turn small surveys into a way to measure the entirety of a voting population. No matter what measures pollsters take to make their samples as representative as possible, there’s a limit to how precise they can be. And, sometimes, those same measures can make the poll numbers go awry. S

What Donald Trump’s win means for abortion, immigration, foreign policy, and more. Support our work. Become a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/memberships Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States, will also be its 47th president. After voting him out of office in 2020, American voters changed their minds, opting for a return to his policies and his politics. But the second Trump presidency will look very little like the first. His policies have evolved, his circumstances have changed, and he will be returning to office with a much more focused plan than the one he entered with eight years ago. In this video, we ask six Vox reporters what we should expect from Trump’s second term, on topics from foreign policy to abortion. 00:00 Intro 1:16 Guardrails 3:10 Immigration 4:22 Immunity 5:40 Gaza 7:24 A quick message 8:19 Abortion 9:49 Tariffs 11:40 Government Sources and further reading: Zack Beauchamp on the threat the 47th president poses to American democracy: http