In early November, three tiny Australian satellites from Curtin University’s Binar Space Program burned up in Earth’s atmosphere. That was always going to happen. In fact, Binar means “fireball” in the Noongar language of the First Nations people of Perth. […]
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By Lisbet Jære The Middle Ages were not all about tyrannical rulers and power struggles. Cooperation, compromise, and women in power were also common, according to a historian at the University of Oslo. When historian Erika Graham-Goering checked the number
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Bottlenose dolphins are highly social and typically live in pods. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration In September 2019, a male bottlenose dolphin began hanging out in Denmark’s Svendborgsund channel. Onlookers thought his behavior was odd, because no other bottlenose dolphins
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Episode 120 (The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat) The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We move between three
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Music: The music used in this episode, with the exception of the intro and outro, was sourced from royalty-free music libraries and licensed music collections. The intro includes a clip from the film Casablanca. The outro song this week is
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There’s a powerful fantasy in American society: the fantasy of the ideal mother. This mother is devoted to her family above all else. She raises the kids, volunteers at the school, cleans the house, plans the birthday parties, cares for
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A depiction of the opening of Britain’s Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830. Foundational books Books that explore the basics of the Industrial Revolution help readers grasp how this era began and evolved. They show how machines replaced hand tools,
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is wrong about a lot of things in public health. Vaccines don’t cause autism. Raw milk is more dangerous than pasteurized milk. And cellphones haven’t been shown to cause brain cancer. But the basic idea behind
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“Young man!” a voice shouted down the telephone line. “We’re all different! But we’re all the same. And we’re all God’s children.” Thus began my short, intense friendship with Frank Lucianna, a ninety-nine-year-old attorney, as we followed him on his
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Jools Lebron’s viral social media video about being “very demure, very mindful” while getting ready for work led to a massive increase in the use of the word “demure.” The Hapa Blonde / Contributor If you thought 2024 was “very
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