Adventurous. Alone. Attacked.

The number of female solo travelers has skyrocketed, but amid Instagram-worthy escapades are tales of violence and death, raising questions about how the world is greeting women who travel alone.
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Auschwitz Memorial asks visitors to stop posing for photos on rail lines

Learn some manners.
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Can You Buy Your Own Train?

If you dream of roaming the U.S. in a private train, here’s what it takes—and why Amtrak’s latest cuts have railcar fans wondering if this is the end of the line.
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US woman kidnapped in Afghanistan says husband's abuse was just like captors'

Caitlan Coleman says her Canadian husband, Joshua Boyle, was violent towards her before, during and after their kidnapping
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A Girl Called Johnny

The Waterboys
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After Insisting That EU Copyright Directive Didn't Require Filters, France Immediately Starts Promoting Filters

For months now we've all heard the refrain: Article 13 (now Article 17) of the EU Copyright Directive would not require filters. We all knew it was untrue. We pointed out many times that it was untrue, and that there was literally no way to...
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Fukushima contaminants found as far north as Alaska's Bering Strait

Radioactive contamination from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant hit by a tsunami in 2011 has drifted as far north as waters off a remote Alaska island in the Bering Strait, scientists said on Wednesday
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The French must drink less wine, say health officials

Health agency advises no more than two glasses a day to cut down alcohol-related disease risk
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South Korea accepts geothermal plant probably caused destructive quake

The nation’s energy ministry expressed ‘deep regret’, and said it would dismantle the experimental plant.
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NASA Wants to Place Calls to Deep Space With X-Rays

The U.S. space program is developing gigabit-per-second deep-space comms. China is on the hunt too
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Morning in America

Durand Jones & The Indications
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Airbnb Has a Hidden-Camera Problem

The home-rental start-up says it’s cracking down on hosts who record guests. Is it doing enough?
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My experience with Sarah Jeong, Jason Koebler, and Vice Magazine

I’m Naomi Wu a DIY and tech enthusiast in Shenzhen, China. Nine months ago Vice Magazine contacted me for an interview. A lot has been written about that, very little by me...
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Underwater Restaurant Has Been Completed In Norway And It Looks Out Of This World

The first, the largest and the most research-friendly. Under is the world's largest underwater restaurant with a total seating capacity for 100 guests, it's the first of its kind in Europe, and it also functions as a research center for marine life. The Snøhetta-designed dining experience started operating just yesterday but people are already adding it to their Norway destination lists.
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Why Standard Time is better

We have to stop changing the clocks twice a year, but it’s also important to pick the right schedule when we do it.
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How to Cheat at Xi Jinping Thought

A newly mandatory app is eating up Chinese workers’ time—so they’re finding ways around it. By Philip Spence.
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Red Heather Dragonfly by Martinus

Acrylics on canvas - 30*40 cm - Ghent (Belgium), 2019
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Canada’s food guide 2019 – finally science-based healthy eating guidelines!

The new Canada’s food guide is the first that puts the science of healthy eating squarely before politics. Here’s what’s new in the Canadian food guide.The new Canada’s food guide has gene
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Brexit: What the fuck is going on?

Jonathan Pie
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Trump vs. McCain: an American Horror Story

Why is Donald Trump deliberately picking a fight with the ghost of John McCain? By H. Bruce Franklin.
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Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: the 'pencil towers' of New York's super-rich

The long read: An extreme concentration of wealth in a city where even the air is for sale has produced a new breed of needle-like tower
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How Polynesia came to be inhabited is still one of the world’s great mysteries

From Captain Cook onwards, the western world has been puzzled by how the vast Pacific could have been navigated relying only on the stars
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The Truth About Wasabi

Have you ever eaten wasabi? If you answered “yes” to that question, you are likely mistaken. Most sushi eaters—even in Japan—are actually being served a mixture of ground horseradish and green food coloring splashed with a hint of Chinese mustard. Worldwide, experts believe that this imposter combination masquerades as wasabi about 99% of the time.
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Lessons Learned From The Salem Witch-Trials

A Tale of Colonial Cover-ups, Wars, and Witch-Finding. By Equanimous Rex.
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Deer Wars: The Forest Awakens

On Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, culling deer is an act of cultural and ecological restoration. By Leslie Anthony.
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In Venezuela, White Supremacy Is a Key Driver of the Coup

The so-called uprising is, in part, a furious backlash against sharing power with mixed-race Venezuelans like Maduro. By Greg Palast. (Feb. 7, 2019)
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Most Days I Don’t Speak at All

Is that weird? Does anyone else not talk that much anymore? I put the question on Twitter the other day after realizing that due to Slack, email, texting, Instagram, and living alone, I don’t really have a reason to regularly use my voice these days.
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Can’t Afford to Tell the Truth

Owen Bennett-Jones on the state of the BBC.
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White Southerners Said “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Was Fake News

So its author published a “key” to what’s true in the novel
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Once sacred, the Oracle at Delphi was lost for a millennium. See how it was found

Relying on clues from the past, a team of 19th-century archaeologists uncovered Delphi, the site where ancient Greeks asked questions, and Apollo answered them. By María Teresa Magadán.
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Will Poland be an enfant terrible of the post-Brexit EU?

A Polish-Italian alliance may counteract the Franco-German driving force for European integration.
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Mexico has One Gun Shop. So How Come all the Murders?

The number of homicides reached a record high in 2018 and experts say most were carried out with US guns.
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Newly Discovered Snake Can Strike You With Venom Without Even Opening Its Mouth

Hidden in the evergreen forests of Guinea and Liberia, scientists have discovered a new species of snake that can deliver a venomous stab all without even opening its mouth.
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The Gay Enemy in Poland’s Culture War

The governing nationalist party says LGBT groups are a dangerous threat and it’s turning them into an election issue.
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Why China Silenced a Clickbait Queen in Its Battle for Information Control

Ma Ling was one of China’s most popular bloggers. Then she became a target in President Xi Jinping’s campaign to purge popular voices that the Communist Party finds threatening.
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The truth about St. Patrick's Day

The Irish continue to express gratitude for St. Patrick's unselfish commitment to their spiritual well-being, even as the rest of the world celebrates by drowning in booze.
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In search of the perfect cup of tea

Savoring China’s divine drink at its source.
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The Prime Minister of Humiliation

Despite facing one embarrassment after the other, British Prime Minister Theresa May continues to plow ahead, seemingly undeterred. It's becoming increasingly clear that she is the main impediment to solving the Brexit mess. By Peter Müller, Jörg Schindler.
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How Sophisticated Test Scams From China Are Making Their Way Into the U.S.

Chinese students hire imposter “gunmen” to take the SAT, the GRE and other tests.
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Truck Painting in Karachi

While in Pakistan The Renegade Economist investigates the intriguing world of truck painting in Karachi.
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China Is Catching Up to the US in AI Research–Fast

Chinese researchers publish more papers about artificial intelligence than their US counterparts. A new study finds the quality of Chinese research is improving too.
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Redditors Say They’re Seeing Coordinated Chinese Propaganda On The Site

“Bad enough to have to deal with Russian Ops and the Alt-Right, but now we have to deal with Chinabots as well.”
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Brexit: what should happen next.

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Whale watching in Japan is on the rise, even as commercial hunts are set to resume

New data shows Japanese citizens prefer whale watching to whale meat.
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A History of the Iberian Peninsula, as Told by Its Skeletons

With an analysis of DNA from nearly 300 fossilized remains, scientists are peering into human prehistory in the region.
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White Nationalism’s Deep American Roots

A long-overdue excavation of the book that Hitler called his “bible,” and the man who wrote it
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This Photo of a 7-Year-Old Girl Transformed the Abolition Movement

Abolitionists used a daguerreotype of Mary Mildred Williams, a light-skinned black girl born into slavery, to win over potentially sympathetic white Americans during the 19th century.
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Meet India's starry dwarf frog, lone member of newly discovered ancient lineage

The starry dwarf frog is an expert hider. Plunging into leaf litter at the slightest disturbance, it has successfully evaded attention for millions of years—until now.
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The tiny Indian village that banned shoes

In a country where people often go barefoot indoors – considering it a gesture of respect and a nod to hygiene – a village in southern India has taken the practice to a new level.
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The richest man who ever lived

West African king Mansa Musa had more wealth than the Forbes' five richest billionaires combined.
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