Scientists say that a discovery in a seaside Portuguese cave further challenges popular images of Neanderthals as meat-eating brutes.
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Monday 30 March 2020
Brazil’s Bolsonaro makes life-or-death coronavirus gamble
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Even as coronavirus cases mount in Latin America’s largest nation, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has staked out the most deliberately dismissive position of any major...
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Wednesday 25 March 2020
The Intrepid Mother and Son Who Unraveled a Geographic Hoax
Atlas Obscura had a page for something called Moose Boulder, until fan Roger Dickey called us on it.
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Monday 23 March 2020
Japan’s Museum of Rocks With Faces
If you’re ever in Japan, consider a trip to Chineskikan, located two hours outside Tokyo in the city of Chichibu. The peculiar museum is the only one of its kind, dedicated entirely to rocks that look like human faces. Owned and operated by Yoshiko Hayama, Chineskikan is home to some of the most spectacular stones nature has to offer, with rocks that resemble everyone from Elvis Presley to E.T. Following in her father’s footsteps, Hayama is preserving the legacy of “jinmenseki,” continuing the search for rocks that resemble human faces.
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Sunday 22 March 2020
Why We Buy Weird Things in Times of Crisis
With COVID-19 making its way around the United States, people are emptying stores of toilet paper. Archaeology throws a light on other bouts of odd consumer behavior.
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Saturday 21 March 2020
The Worst Crash In Racing History Compelled A Racing Driver To Invent This Ubiquitous Safety Equipment
Sometimes you need to slow down, and for that, we have brakes. Sometimes you need to slow down right the fuck now, and for that, we have impact attenuators.
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Wednesday 18 March 2020
Fear of China Made Taiwan a Coronavirus Success Story
Taiwan has 10 million masks a day, widespread tracking, and just 1 death despite being close to the outbreak.
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Sunday 15 March 2020
On-nomi is the new Japanese term for drinking online
Supposedly driven by the virus crisis, On-nomi (オン飲み, “Drinking on[line]”) is the practice of getting together with friends on the internet and having a drink together.
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Facebook takedowns reveal sophistication of Russian trolls
Facebook and Twitter revealed evidence Thursday suggesting that Russian efforts to interfere in the U.S. presidential election are getting more sophisticated and harder to detect.
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Tuesday 10 March 2020
How South Korea Is Composting Its Way to Sustainability
Automated bins, rooftop farms, and underground mushroom-growing help clean up the mess.
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Sunday 8 March 2020
Chlamydia cousin discovered in deep Arctic Ocean
The newfound bacteria might shed light on how chlamydia came to infect host organisms, like us.
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Saturday 7 March 2020
If Nearly all Airbnb Reviews are Positive, Does that Make them Meaningless?
Peer-to-peer business models rely on interpersonal communication for their success. In this article, we focus on Airbnb – an exemplar of the so-called ‘sharing economy’ – and more specifically, on Airbnb’s reciprocal reviewing system, which enables
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Friday 6 March 2020
What Happened When Tulsa Paid People to Work Remotely
The first class of hand-picked remote workers moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in exchange for $10,000 and a built-in community. The city might just be luring them to stay.
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Wednesday 4 March 2020
Deceit, Disrepair and Death Inside a Southern California Rental Empire
At the bottom rung of the SoCal rental market, some tenants live in insect- and mold-infested units, struggling to get their most basic maintenance needs met.
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Monday 2 March 2020
How North Korean Hackers Rob Banks Around the World
They scored $80 million by tricking a network into routing funds to Sri Lanka and the Philippines and then using a "money mule" to pick up the cash.
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