Why did American policing get so big, so fast? The answer, mainly, is slavery.
Continue to article
Monday 27 July 2020
Sunday 26 July 2020
Bats: The hunt for the origins of SARS-CoV-2 will look beyond China
The virus may have been born in South-East Asia. An intriguing observation: the low incidence of covid-19 in South-East Asia, particularly in Vietnam despite no lockdowns.
Continue to article
Continue to article
Friday 24 July 2020
'It took genius to chisel these buttocks' – the top 10 bottoms in art, chosen by our critic
They are ‘the founding curves of the Renaissance’. As Yorkshire Museum calls on collections worldwide to display their best behinds to boost attendance after coronavirus, we name our favourites.
Continue to article
Continue to article
Wednesday 22 July 2020
Climate change: Polar bears could be lost by 2100
Scientists say we have time to save polar bears if we act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Continue to article
Continue to article
Tuesday 21 July 2020
App Lets You Destress By Screaming Into Icelandic Wilderness
2020 has been a stressful year. Iceland wants to help. A group developed an app that will let you record and broadcast a scream, pent up by the pandemic, into the Icelandic wilderness.
Continue to article
Continue to article
Cheap, popular and it works: Ireland's contact-tracing app success
Irish-made app has more than 1.3m downloads, in stark contrast to the UK’s efforts
Continue to article
Continue to article
Monday 20 July 2020
Incredible new species of walking sharks discovered in Australia
Scientists documented four new species of walking shark that they say have developed the ability to walk very recently. Walking sharks use their fins to physically walk along the seafloor rather th…
Continue to article
Continue to article
Saturday 18 July 2020
The women who sleep with a stranger to save their marriage
Some Muslim women believe they must marry a new man before they can return to their first husband.
Continue to article
Continue to article
Thursday 16 July 2020
How Taiwan beat the coronavirus
Taiwan has reported only seven deaths so far from Covid-19. Everything is mostly reopened, and the only signs of Covid-19 are the frequent temperature checks and the expectation to wear masks on the subway. Here's what it did right.
Continue to article
Continue to article
Japanese capsule carrying pieces of asteroid Ryugu will land on Earth Dec. 6
The landing site is in the Outback of South Australia.
Continue to article
Continue to article
Tuesday 14 July 2020
Scientists warn of rapid melting of Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday glacier’
Thwaites glacier is losing ice at an accelerating rate, threatening catastrophic sea-level rise
Continue to article
Continue to article
Meet the company that sells your lost airplane luggage
If you’ve ever permanently lost a checked bag, your stuff probably ended up for sale at a store in Scottsboro, Alabama.
Continue to article
Continue to article
United Isn’t Alone. A Wave of Layoffs Could be Coming.
A wave of layoffs seems to be coming in the airline industry as new domestic quarantine rules slow the travel rebound.
Continue to article
Continue to article
Monday 13 July 2020
How the Buddha became a Christian saint
It was only in the 19th century the West became aware of Buddhism as a religion in its own right – but the Buddha had been a Christian saint for centuries.
Continue to article
Continue to article
Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745 – 1799) was a champion fencer, classical composer, virtuoso violinist, and conductor of the leading symphony orchestra in Paris. The son of a wealthy married planter, and his wife's African slave. The black Mozart
Continue to article
Continue to article
Meet the company that sells your lost airplane luggage
If you’ve ever permanently lost a checked bag, your stuff probably ended up for sale at a store in Scottsboro, Alabama.
Continue to article
Continue to article
Sunday 12 July 2020
Saturday 11 July 2020
Finland Launches National Artificial Intelligence Program: AuroraAI
AuroraAI: Finland's National Artificial Intelligence Program is rolled out, and will be fully available in 2022.
Continue to article
Continue to article
Friday 10 July 2020
Health warning: Alcohol industry can cause lifelong harm to your baby - Michael West
Are powerful vested interests behind Liberal MP Richard Colbeck's delay in adopting stronger health warnings for pregnant women. “HEALTH WARNING: Alcohol can cause lifelong harm to your baby.”
Continue to article
Continue to article
Tuesday 7 July 2020
An Italian glacier is turning pink. And that's not good news
A glacier in Italy is turning pink because of algae -- a development that will make the ice melt faster, a scientist studying the phenomenon says.
Continue to article
Continue to article
Monday 6 July 2020
Why China's Race For AI Dominance Depends On Math
Forget about “AI” itself: it’s all about the math, and America is failing to train enough citizens in the right kinds of mathematics to remain dominant.
Continue to article
Continue to article
Sunday 5 July 2020
The room of the dead: how a museum became a halfway house for bones and spirits
Overwhelming on a human scale, the Indigenous remains held at the South Australian Museum speak to a terrible stain on Adelaide’s past. But justice is coming
Continue to article
Continue to article
Saturday 4 July 2020
American businesses have the power to change China’s behavior. Time to step up.
Condemning Beijing's appalling human rights violations and growing political repression should be easy.
Continue to article
Continue to article
Friday 3 July 2020
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)