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  • Clive Thompson
    4:00 am Fri, Oct 4, 2019
    Florida man arrested for snipping the brakes on electric scooters Screenshot of a security camera showing a man vandalizing escooters

    FLPD Arrests Man Who Tampered With Electric ScootersWatch this video on YouTube Some people hate on-demand electric scooters — and some people really hate them. This guy in Florida falls… Read the rest of the article: Florida man arrested for snipping the brakes on electric scooters

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  • Clive Thompson
    4:30 am Tue, Oct 1, 2019
    The design of 3,000-year-old sippy cups is totally adorable Image of 3,000 year old baby bottle

    These cute little pottery vessels — fashioned in the shape of animals — are about 3,000 years old, and were found near children's graves. A group of scientists hypothesized that… Read the rest of the article: The design of 3,000-year-old sippy cups is totally adorable

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  • Clive Thompson
    5:00 am Mon, Sep 30, 2019
    Octopus changes color while asleep, possibly dreaming

    Octopus DreamingWatch this video on YouTube Here's a video of an octopus changing color while it's asleep. Are the patterns in response to a dream? Possibly, suspects the Alaska Pacific… Read the rest of the article: Octopus changes color while asleep, possibly dreaming

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  • Clive Thompson
    4:30 am Mon, Sep 30, 2019
    Whales worth about $1 trillion in carbon sequestration, analysis finds Photo of whale by Christopher Michel

    A new analysis of whales suggests that each one is worth about $2 million in carbon sequestration — and the global population is thus worth about $1 trillion. How do… Read the rest of the article: Whales worth about $1 trillion in carbon sequestration, analysis finds

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  • Clive Thompson
    7:27 am Thu, Sep 26, 2019
    A 1953 colloquium pondered the question "Did Man Once Live By Beer Alone?" Photo of glass of beer by Alan Levin

    The folks at JSTOR Daily have unearthed the proceedings of a 1953 colloquium that pondered a great question: Did early humanity first cultivate grain not for the purpose of making… Read the rest of the article: A 1953 colloquium pondered the question "Did Man Once Live By Beer Alone?"

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  • Clive Thompson
    10:53 am Wed, Sep 25, 2019
    Gorgeous photos of Soviet subway stations Photo of a Soviet subway station by Christopher Herwig

    Christopher Herwig is a photographer who previously did a fantastic series of photos of Soviet-era bus stops. Now he's back with a book of photos of Soviet subway stops —… Read the rest of the article: Gorgeous photos of Soviet subway stations

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  • Clive Thompson
    4:09 am Wed, Sep 25, 2019
    What it's like to fly a helicopter equipped with a massive dangling chainsaw A screenshot from a video of a helicopter chainsaw

    Maybe you've seen the video that's gone viral on Twitter of a helicopter trimming the trees in a forest by dangling a massive chainsaw that's composed of ten spinning blades?… Read the rest of the article: What it's like to fly a helicopter equipped with a massive dangling chainsaw

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  • Clive Thompson
    11:43 am Tue, Sep 24, 2019
    A tiny word clock Photo of a word clock created by sjm4306

    Over at Hackaday, the user sjm4306 has posted some pretty cool projects in the past, including a Nixie-tube clock and a tiny IV-21 VFD clock. Now he's created something else… Read the rest of the article: A tiny word clock

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  • Clive Thompson
    7:30 am Mon, Sep 23, 2019
    Knives made of human feces don't actually work, experiment finds Photo of a knife made of human feces

    Maybe you've heard the famous story of the Inuit elder who, when his family takes away his tools to keep him from living out on the ice, makes a knife… Read the rest of the article: Knives made of human feces don't actually work, experiment finds

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  • Clive Thompson
    5:45 am Mon, Sep 23, 2019
    A rare encounter with the freaky Deepstaria jellyfish Screenshot of video of Deepstaria jellyfish on YouTubge

    Translucent Deepstaria Jelly Whorls With Resident Isopod | Nautilus LiveWatch this video on YouTube Recently a team of marine scientists were piloting a submersible when they had a super-rare encounter… Read the rest of the article: A rare encounter with the freaky Deepstaria jellyfish

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  • Clive Thompson
    5:00 am Mon, Sep 23, 2019
    AN ARGUMENT FOR GETTING RID OF THE PHYSICAL "CAPS LOCK" KEY Photo of caps lock key

    Daniel Colin James thinks it's time to get rid of the CAPS LOCK key on physical keyboards. Why? Partly because it's a relic of history, created in the 60s by… Read the rest of the article: AN ARGUMENT FOR GETTING RID OF THE PHYSICAL "CAPS LOCK" KEY

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  • Clive Thompson
    10:04 am Fri, Sep 20, 2019
    Scholar finds John Milton's copy of Shakespeare, marked up with corrections and improvements Photo of a folio copy of Shakespeare, with marginalia written by John Milton

    University of Cambridge lecturer Jason Scott-Warren was looking at an original 1623 folio copy of Shakespeare's plays, when thought he recognized the handwriting in the margins: John Milton. Was it… Read the rest of the article: Scholar finds John Milton's copy of Shakespeare, marked up with corrections and improvements

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  • Clive Thompson
    9:43 am Wed, Sep 18, 2019
    Why CRTs are great for modern video games Photo of CRT monitor and an old CRT Macintosh

    First it was vinyl, then it was cassette tapes — now the latest old media that's being praised for offering warmer, richer, higher-quality experiences?

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  • Clive Thompson
    9:03 am Wed, Sep 18, 2019
    Right wing freaks out over eco-art in Austria: "Go away and take your shitty forest!" Photo of artwork

    Back in 1970, Max Peintner drew a picture — "The Unending Attraction of Nature" — showing a stadium full of people all watching a forest of trees down on the… Read the rest of the article: Right wing freaks out over eco-art in Austria: "Go away and take your shitty forest!"

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  • Clive Thompson
    10:31 am Tue, Sep 17, 2019
    I talk about punch cards, AI and "CODERS" with Joel Spolsky Image with the photos of CliveThompson and Joel Spolsky

    Earlier this summer I stopped by the office of Joel Spolsky, CEO of Stack Overflow, the mammoth forum for software developers, to talk about my new book Coders, which is… Read the rest of the article: I talk about punch cards, AI and "CODERS" with Joel Spolsky

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  • Clive Thompson
    10:02 am Tue, Sep 17, 2019
    Why it's hard to measure who dove deeper into the Mariana Trench Photo of James Cameron

    In 2012, James Cameron went in a submarine down to the floor of the Mariana Trench, one of the deepest parts of the world's oceans. He says he dove down… Read the rest of the article: Why it's hard to measure who dove deeper into the Mariana Trench

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  • Clive Thompson
    7:20 am Mon, Sep 16, 2019
    Why chess wrecks the bodies of grandmasters Photo of Magnus Carlsen at a chess tournament

    TIL that the physical rigors of competitive chess are so hard that grandmasters have begun to train like soccer players. The exertions of chess are intense. The mental effort burns… Read the rest of the article: Why chess wrecks the bodies of grandmasters

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  • Clive Thompson
    6:30 am Mon, Sep 16, 2019
    "Missing" woman joins in search party looking for … herself Photo of a newspaper story about a woman involved in a search party for herself

    Aren't we all, really, involved in a search party that's desperately hunting to locate ourselves? I've seen this one making the rounds on Twitter, but The Poke transcribed the news… Read the rest of the article: "Missing" woman joins in search party looking for … herself

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  • Clive Thompson
    5:39 am Mon, Sep 16, 2019
    Toymaker to produce line of plastic army women Photo of prototypes of plastic army women figurines from BMC toys

    BMC Toys, a Scranton firm that makes a line of traditional dark-green plastic army men, has decided to make a line of plastic army women. As the owner Jeff Imel… Read the rest of the article: Toymaker to produce line of plastic army women

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  • Clive Thompson
    3:00 pm Sat, Sep 14, 2019
    Painting freaky illusions on the road as virtual speed bumps Photo of floating-bar illusion painted on a road

    A town in Iceland has installed some innovative speed bumps — a set of painted bars on the road that create the illusion of floating in the air. As Bored… Read the rest of the article: Painting freaky illusions on the road as virtual speed bumps

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