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How to think like a detective | Psyche Guides
How to think like a detective | Psyche Guides
The best detectives seem to have almost supernatural insight, but their cognitive toolkit is one that anybody can use
·psyche.co·
How to think like a detective | Psyche Guides
The Victorian gas lamps that sold cups of hot coffee
The Victorian gas lamps that sold cups of hot coffee
We are all familiar with vending machines dispensing sugary drinks and confections at various locations around our fine city, but did you know that some of the earliest vending machines were built into the bases of gas lamps?
·ianvisits.co.uk·
The Victorian gas lamps that sold cups of hot coffee
A visual history of cancer
A visual history of cancer
Cancer has a reputation as a modern disease, but these historical images show that it’s been part of our lives for centuries.
·wellcomecollection.org·
A visual history of cancer
An underwater mystery on Canada's coast
An underwater mystery on Canada's coast
Tens of thousands of wooden stakes poking up from British Columbia's shoreline have smashed a long-held stereotype of Canada's First Nation people.
·bbc.com·
An underwater mystery on Canada's coast
How to Fire Frank Lloyd Wright
How to Fire Frank Lloyd Wright
The untold story of a world-renowned architect, an obsessive librarian, and a $5,500 house that never was.
·thereader.mitpress.mit.edu·
How to Fire Frank Lloyd Wright
Declassified documents reveal the truth about the FBI’s contribution to Ernest Hemingway’s demise
Declassified documents reveal the truth about the FBI’s contribution to Ernest Hemingway’s demise
What happens when paranoia becomes reality? Hemingway's friends and loved ones believed he was insane when he told them the FBI was following him, but the truth turned out to be far worse than anyone could've expected. Analysis of declassified documents tells a story about a troubling chapter in American history, and how it led to the suicide of Ernest Hemingway.
·history101.com·
Declassified documents reveal the truth about the FBI’s contribution to Ernest Hemingway’s demise
What the Irish Ate Before Potatoes
What the Irish Ate Before Potatoes
No food is more associated with Ireland than the spud—which didn't appear there before the late 1600s. So what did people eat till then?
·bonappetit.com·
What the Irish Ate Before Potatoes
Louis Pouzin discusses the early days of the internet
Louis Pouzin discusses the early days of the internet
One of the titans of internet communication, Louis invented the datagram in the early 1970s, paving the way for the internet as a revolutionary tool for distributing information.
·notion.so·
Louis Pouzin discusses the early days of the internet
Save the Scribe | Mary Wellesley
Save the Scribe | Mary Wellesley
On the blessed purpose of the women who worked with medieval manuscripts.
·laphamsquarterly.org·
Save the Scribe | Mary Wellesley
Facebook Harms Its Users Because That’s Where Its Profits Are
Facebook Harms Its Users Because That’s Where Its Profits Are
Facebook has been the target of an unprecedented flood of criticism in recent months — and rightly so. But too many critics seem to forget that the company is driven to do bad things by its thirst for profit, not by a handful of mistaken ideas.
·jacobinmag.com·
Facebook Harms Its Users Because That’s Where Its Profits Are
The American Bumblebee Has Vanished From Eight States
The American Bumblebee Has Vanished From Eight States
In two decades, the insect's population has declined by nearly 90 percent due to a combination of threats, including habitat loss, pesticides and diseases
·smithsonianmag.com·
The American Bumblebee Has Vanished From Eight States
The American Bumblebee Has Vanished From Eight States
The American Bumblebee Has Vanished From Eight States
In two decades, the insect's population has declined by nearly 90 percent due to a combination of threats, including habitat loss, pesticides and diseases
·smithsonianmag.com·
The American Bumblebee Has Vanished From Eight States
The Math of the Amazing Sandpile
The Math of the Amazing Sandpile
Remember domino theory? One country going Communist was supposed to topple the next, and then the next, and the next. The metaphor…
·nautil.us·
The Math of the Amazing Sandpile