It is common, when some atrocious statement or action born of hatred comes to the fore, to hear people solemnly intone, “This is not who we”—meaning Americans—“are.” That sentiment leans heavily on the most idealistic vision of the United States, […]
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The universe will die before chimpanzees have a chance to type the complete works of Shakespeare, researchers found. Found Image Holdings / Corbis via Getty Images Could a chimpanzee ever randomly type the complete works of Shakespeare? According to a
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Atmospheric ripples from Hurricane Helene spread far north of Florida as the devastating storm made landfall, new NASA images show. The agency’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) captured concentric bands of atmospheric gravity waves stretching across the Southeast as the hurricane
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Saul Nassé has been appointed by the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport as Chief Executive and Keeper of The National Archives and will take up the post at the end of July. He takes over from Dr Jeff James
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What’s new in medieval studies? Here are ten open-access articles published in October, which tell us about topics including looking at manuscripts to the denizens of hell. This series on Medievalists.net highlights what has been published in journals over the
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Officials are trying to recapture more than 40 monkeys that escaped from a research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina. Yemassee Police Department via Facebook A troop of 43 monkeys is on the lam in South Carolina’s lowcountry after escaping from
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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SHOW NOTES: Sources: “Home” by Peter M. Nichols, NYTimes, Oct. 8, 1992 “Lights! Action! Attitude!” PEOPLE, April 5, 1993 “A Few Good Women” by Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine, April 5, 1993 “Yes” by Tad Friend, Esquire, February 1994 “‘Disclosure’ Inks
Ethan Miller/Getty Images Ethan Miller/Getty Images The Third Amendment. Maybe you’ve heard it as part of a punchline. It’s the one about quartering troops — two words you probably haven’t heard side by side since about the late 1700s. At
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A depiction of an early balloon flight in Annonay, France in 1783. The Origins of Hot Air Balloons The idea of flying is something that humans have fantasized about for centuries. Many have theorized about how this could happen. English
